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Octavia
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English
Etymology
From Latin Octāvia, feminine form of the gens name Octāvius, from octavus (“the eighth”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Octavia
- A female given name from Latin, in quiet use since the Middle Ages.
- c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):: Act II, Scene II:
- If beauty, wisdom, modesty can settle
The heart of Antony, Octavia is
A blessed lottery to him.
- If beauty, wisdom, modesty can settle
- (astronomy) 598 Octavia, a minor planet orbiting around the Sun.
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Latin Octāvia. Usually given to children born in October (hence its root octō (“eight”)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Octavia
- a female given name from Latin [in turn transferred from the month name]
- Maulidia Octavia "Via Vallen", b. 1991
Latin
Etymology
Feminine form of the Roman gens name Octāvius, from octavus (“the eighth”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔkˈtaː.wi.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [okˈtaː.vi.a]
Proper noun
Octāvia f (genitive Octāviae); first declension
- a female given name
Declension
First-declension noun.
Coordinate terms
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