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Emerentiana

Emerentiana proper noun: a female given name from Latin, of rare usage.

Proper noun

Emerentiana

  1. A female given name from Latin, of rare usage.
    • Miss Emerentiana Frith, a resident of the eastern section of Brooklyn for sixty years, died Saturday of old age at her home, 763 Marcy avenue. […] Miss Frith was born in Devonshire, England, January 5, eighty-six years ago.1914 December 21, “[Obituary.] Miss Emerentiana Frith.”, in The Brooklyn Daily Times, final edition, 76th year, Brooklyn, N.Y., →OCLC, page 4, column 3
    • Following the ceremony, breakfast for the immediate family was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Denver Daily, 1107 N. Sixth. Mrs. Kermit Kiefer and Miss Emerentiana Barthelme served.1949 October 12, “Lois Sorum R[obert] L. Barthelme Wed at St. Augustine Church”, in Austin Daily Herald, volume LXXXVIII, number 87, Austin, Minn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 6

Examples of Emerentiana in a sentence

  • Frank Burg. […] She is survived by eight children, Vincent, of Cedar Rapids, Adele, Ferd, Wilfred, Leo and Arnold, of Ossian, Emerentiana, of Rochester, Minn., and Quintin, of Chicago; […]1951 September 12, “[Dubuqueland Deaths] Mrs. Phil Barthelme”, in The Telegraph-Herald, evening edition, volume 115, number 218, Dubuque...
  • Emerentiana Denning, Red Bluffs, California; Mrs.1976 May 10, “[Deaths] Sister Mary Margaret”, in The Hays Daily News, 47th year, number 155, Hays, Kan., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 5:

Origin of Emerentiana

Learned borrowing from Latin Ēmerentiāna, feminine of Ēmerentiānus, from Ēmerentius + -ānus, from ēmereō (“to earn, merit, gain by service”). By surface analysis, Emerentia + -ana.

Questions about Emerentiana

What does Emerentiana mean?
Emerentiana means a female given name from Latin, of rare usage.
How do you use Emerentiana in a sentence?
Frank Burg. […] She is survived by eight children, Vincent, of Cedar Rapids, Adele, Ferd, Wilfred, Leo and Arnold, of Ossian, Emerentiana, of Rochester, Minn., and Quintin, of Chicago; […]
What part of speech is Emerentiana?
Emerentiana is a proper noun.

Words near Emerentiana in the dictionary

  1. emeraud
  2. emeraude
  3. emeraudes
  4. emerauds
  5. Emerentia
  6. Emerentiana
  7. Emerentina
  8. emerg
  9. emerge
  10. emerged
  11. emergence

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