Elizabeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/
Forms: form: Elizabeths
form: Elisabeth
Etymology: From Middle English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (Elisheva, “my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה. Doublet of Elisheba and Isabel.
Senses: examples: text: Most happy letters! framed by skilful trade, / With which that happy name was first designed, - - - / Ye three Elizabeths! for ever live, / That three such graces did unto me give.
ref: 1595, Edmund Spenser, Amoretti, section LXXIV:
text: "Because if you say it over and over to yourself, darling, it really is a quite strange-sounding name, isn't it? It's just as strange as any other from the Old Testament, Mehetabel or Hepsibah or Shulamith, and any of them might have got to be as fashionable as Elizabeth if a queen had been called by them.
ref: 1988 Barbara Vine ( =Ruth Rendell ), The House of Stairs, p.21
text: No one ever called Elizabeth Tannenbaum stunning, but most men found her attractive. Hardly anyone called her Elizabeth, either. An "Elizabeth" was regal, cool, an eyecatching beauty. A "Betsy" was pleasant to look at, a tiny bit overweight, capable, but still fun to be with.
ref: 1993, Phillip Margolin, Gone But Not Forgotten, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 25:
text: Davey was found by her daughter, Elizabeth, according to a statement read in court and reported by local paper The Northern Echo.
“I went upstairs, my mam’s bedroom door was wide open, and I saw her lying on her back with her head under the bed,” Elizabeth said in court.
ref: 2024 October 14, Issy Ronald, “Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, popular since the 16th century.
glosses: A surname originating as a matronymic.
glosses: A suburb of Adelaide, Australia; named for Elizabeth II.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town in Colorado; named for a family member of John Evans, 2nd Governor of the Territory of Colorado.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Georgia senator Joseph E. Brown.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A village in Illinois; said to be named for three early settlers all named Elizabeth.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town in Indiana; named for Elizabeth Lemmon Zenor, daughter-in-law of early landowner Jacob Zenor.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A village in Allen Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A city in Minnesota; named for early settler Elizabeth Niggler.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Union County, New Jersey; named for Elizabeth de Carteret, wife of George Carteret, one of two original Lords Proprietor of the Colony New Jersey.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A borough in Pennsylvania; named for early settler Elizabeth Mackay Bayard.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town, the county seat of Wirt County, West Virginia; named for early settler Elizabeth Woodyard Beauchamp.
glosses: Places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: Places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Marcos, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, named after Elizabeth Marcos.
glosses: Places in the Philippines:
A barangay of the municipality of Leyte, province of Leyte, Philippines.
Derived terms: EIIR
Elizabethan
Elizabeth City
Elizabethian
Elizabethton
Elizabethtown
ER
Port Elizabeth
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