# Veronica
## Translingual
### Etymology

From Veronica (“Veronica”), probably after Saint Veronica, possibly for because of the flowers of some European species resembling the image on the Veil of Veronica in some way.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Proper noun

Veronica f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – many species of herbaceous plants, many with blue flowers, including speedwells.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Plantaginaceae – family; Veroniceae

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Veronica subg. Beccabunga, Veronica subg. Chamaedrys, Veronica subg. Cochlidiosperma, Veronica subg. Derwentia, Veronica subg. Digitatae, Veronica subg. Fruticulosae, Veronica subg. Hebe, Veronica subg. Orientales, Veronica subg. Paederotella, Veronica subg. Pellidosperma, Veronica subg. Pocilla, Veronica subg. Pseudolysimachion, Veronica subg. Synthyris, Veronica subg. Veronica - subgenera
** Veronica officinalis (heath speedwell) - type species; for the numerous other species see Veronica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### References

* Veronica (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Veronica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Veronica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vəˈɹɒnɪkə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Etymology 1

From the Latin form of Berenice, from Ancient Greek Φερενίκη (Phereníkē). Influenced by the Church Latin phrase vera icon ("true image") associated with the veil of Saint Veronica, who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary, resulting in an image of his face miraculously appearing on the veil. Doublet of Berenice.

#### Proper noun

Veronica
* A female given name from Ancient Greek.
** 2007, Anne Enright, The Gathering, Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 128:My own name, Veronica — an ugly enough thing I had always thought, it sounded like either the ointment or the disease — was one her great favourites. St Veronica wiped the face of Christ on the road to Calvary and He left His face on her tea towel. Or the picture of His face. It was the first-ever photograph, she said.

##### Derived terms

* Veronica bucket

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Verónica.

#### Proper noun

Veronica (plural Veronicas)
* A surname from Spanish.

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Veronica is the 34427th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 658 individuals. Veronica is most common among Hispanic/Latino (77.36%) and White (17.48%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Veronica”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

### Anagrams

* varicone

## Latin
### Etymology

Late variant of Berenīcē, influenced by Ecclesiastical Latin vera icon. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. not sure about the origin of that ety, just copying from elsewhere

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /u̯e.roˈniː.ka/, [u̯ɛrɔˈniːkä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ve.roˈni.ka/, [veroˈniːkä]

### Proper noun

Veronīca f (genitive Veronīcae); first declension
* (Late Latin) a female given name

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Bulgarian: Вероника (Veronika)
* → Catalan: Verònica
* → Chinese: 韋羅妮卡 / 韦罗妮卡 (Wéiluónīkǎ)
* → Czech: Veronika
* → Danish: Veronika
* → English: Veronica
* → Estonian: Veronika
* → Finnish: Veronika
* → French: Véronique
* → Galician: Verónica
* → German: Veronika
* → Hungarian: Veronika
* → Icelandic: Veróníka
* → Italian: Veronica
* → Korean: 베로니카 (beronika)
* → Latvian: Veronika
* → Lithuanian: Veronika
* → Macedonian: Вероника (Veronika)
* → Norwegian: Veronika
* → Old English: Veronix
* → Polish: Weronika
* → Portuguese: Verônica
* → Romanian: Veronica
* → Russian: Вероника (Veronika)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: Вероника
    Latin script: Veronika
* → Slovak: Veronika
* → Slovene: Veronika
* → Sorbian: Weronika
* → Spanish: Verónica
* → Swedish: Veronika
* → Ukrainian: Вероніка (Veronika)
* → Welsh: Feronica

## Norwegian
### Alternative forms

* Veronika

### Proper noun

Veronica
* a female given name, equivalent to English Veronica

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Veronica f
* a female given name

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* Veronika

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Veronica c (genitive Veronicas)
* Veronica. a female given name

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Verónica.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /veˈɾonika/ [vɛˌɾoː.n̪ɪˈxa]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /beˈɾonika/ [bɛˌɾoː.n̪ɪˈxa]
* Rhymes: -onika
* Syllabification: Ve‧ro‧ni‧ca

### Proper noun

Verónicá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜓᜈᜒᜃ)
* a female given name from Spanish