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isabella

/ɪzəˈbɛlə/

isabella noun: a pale grey-yellow, fawn, cream-brown or parchment colour.

Noun (1)

isabella (uncountable)

  1. A pale grey-yellow, fawn, cream-brown or parchment colour.
    • If it be exposed to heat as soon as it is moderately warm, its dark olive colour changes almost suddenly to an Isabella colour, it becomes cloudy, and an abundant precipitate falls[…]1864, Sir William Crookes, Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, volume 10, page 301

Proper noun capitalized: Isabella

Isabella

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    • [C]an you ſo ſteed me, / As bring me to the ſight of Iſabella, / A Nouice of this place, and the faire Siſter / To her vnhappie brother Claudio?c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • A contemporary, and usually very accurate chronicler, Bartholomew of Norwich, tells us that the queen called her infant by the barbarous name of Walkiniana; others again call her Isabella; but, in the wardrobe accounts, and all other state records, she is invariably designated Elizabeth.1857 Mary Anne Everett Green, Lives of the Princesses of England, Vol. 3, page 2 ("Elizabeth, eighth daughter of Edward I")
  2. A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Noun (2) capitalized: Isabella

Isabella (countable and uncountable, plural Isabellas)

  1. (countable) A grape cultivar popular in the former USSR derived from the grape species Vitis labrusca.
  2. (obsolete, uncountable) Obsolete form of isabella.
    • If it be exposed to heat as soon as it is moderately warm, its dark olive colour changes almost suddenly to an Isabella colour, it becomes cloudy, and an abundant precipitate falls[…]1864, Sir William Crookes, Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, volume 10, page 301
    • The late Queen Victoria drove behind horses of a peculiar shade which nothing but Isabella color would describe. Now it is to appear in furs for the élite.1901 August 18, “Women Here and There”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2025

isabella meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

isabella in Hindi

इसाबेला, इसाबेल्ला

isabella in Tamil

இசபெல்லா, ஐசபெல்லா, இஸபெல்லா

isabella in Marathi

इसाबेला, इसाबेल्ला

isabella in Urdu

اسابیلا, آئزابیلا
More languagesFewer languages
isabella in Bengali
ইসাবেলা, ইসাবেল্লা
isabella in Telugu
ఇసాబెల్లా, ఇసాబెల్ల
isabella in Malayalam
ഇസാബെല്ല, ഇസബെല്ല, ഇസബെല്ലാ
isabella in Kannada
ಇಸಾಬೆಲ್ಲಾ, ಇಸಾಬೆಲ್ಲ
isabella in Punjabi
ਇਸਾਬੇਲਾ, ਇਸਾਬੈਲਾ, ਈਸਾਬੇਲਾ
isabella in Gujarati
ઇસાબેલા, ઇસાબેલ્લા, ઈસાબેલા
isabella in Odia
ଇସାବେଲା, ଇସାବେଲ୍ଲା
isabella in Nepali
इसाबेला, इसाबेल्ला

Synonyms of isabella

Forms of isabella

pluralIsabellas
alternative form (obsolete)Isabella

Origin of isabella

Unknown. Anecdotally linked to Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504) or Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566–1633). See discussion at Isabelline (colour).

Latinate and Italian form of Isabel. The grape cultivar is popularly thought to have been discovered by a Mrs Isabella Gibbs of South Carolina in 1816.

Words formed from isabella

Phrases with isabella

Questions about isabella

What does isabella mean?
Isabella means a pale grey-yellow, fawn, cream-brown or parchment colour.
What is isabella in Hindi?
Isabella in Hindi is इसाबेला, इसाबेल्ला. See Isabella meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is isabella?
Isabella can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce isabella?
Isabella is pronounced /ɪzəˈbɛlə/.
What is the plural of isabella?
The plural of isabella is Isabellas.

Words near isabella in the dictionary

  1. Isabela
  2. Isabela City
  3. Isabela Eastside
  4. Isabela Proper
  5. Isabell
  6. isabella
  7. Isabella County
  8. Isabella piercing
  9. Isabella piercings
  10. Isabellas
  11. isabelle

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