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Camilla

/kəˈmɪlə/

Camilla proper noun: a warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.

Proper noun

Camilla (countable and uncountable, plural Camillas)

  1. A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.
  2. A female given name from Latin.
    • Fancy southern names which she couldn't remember five minutes after they'd told her. Camilla? Amelia? Jemima? It didn't matter. Ashworth would have made a note of them.2011, Ann Cleeves, Hidden Depths, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 165
  3. A city, the county seat of Mitchell County, Georgia, United States.

Forms of Camilla

pluralCamillas

Origin of Camilla

From Latin Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.

Words formed from Camilla

Questions about Camilla

What does Camilla mean?
Camilla means a warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.
What part of speech is Camilla?
Camilla is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Camilla?
Camilla is pronounced /kəˈmɪlə/.

Words near Camilla in the dictionary

  1. camikini
  2. camikinis
  3. camiknicker
  4. camiknickers
  5. Camiling
  6. Camilla
  7. Camillagate
  8. Camillas
  9. Camille
  10. Camilleri
  11. Camilleris

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