Constantia
Constantia noun: a kind of wine, either white or red, from Constantia in Cape Colony.
Noun
Constantia (countable and uncountable, plural Constantias)
- A kind of wine, either white or red, from Constantia in Cape Colony.
Proper noun
Constantia
- A female given name from Latin, of rare usage.
- Miss Constantia Elizabeth Pleasants, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth W. Pleasants of Wynnewood and of Dr. Henry Pleasants of West Chester, was married this afternoon to Nathaniel Bowditch, son of Mrs. Henry Ingersoll Bowditch of Jamaica Plain, Mass., and the late Dr. Bowditch.1938 October 16, “Bowditch-Pleasants”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- Mrs. Smith Hommann of this place has announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Constantia H. Hommann, to Gary Nathan Calkins Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Calkins of Scarsdale and Wood’s Hole, Mass.1940 May 10, “Hommann--Calkins”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Oswego County, New York, United States.
Forms of Constantia
| plural | Constantias |
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Origin of Constantia
Learned borrowing from Latin Cōnstantia. Doublet of Constance.
Questions about Constantia
- What does Constantia mean?
- Constantia means a kind of wine, either white or red, from Constantia in Cape Colony.
- What part of speech is Constantia?
- Constantia can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of Constantia?
- The plural of Constantia is Constantias.
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