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Antônia is a Portuguese feminine form of Antônio used in Malta, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Argentina,. [3] Antonía is an Icelandic feminine form of Antonie used in Iceland . [ 4 ] Antonia ( Greek : Αντωνία ) is the feminine form of Antonios (Αντώνιος) and Antonis (Αντώνης) [ 5 ] used mainly in Greece and Cyprus .
Femminielli or femmenielli (singular femminiello, also spelled as femmeniello) are a population of people who embody a third gender role in traditional Neapolitan culture. [4] [5] This term is culturally distinct from trans woman, and has its own cultural significance and practices, often including prostitution. [5]
Margherita Boniver (born 1938), Italian politician; Margherita Buy (born 1962), Italian actress; Margherita Caffi (1650–1710), Italian painter of still lifes; Margherita Carosio (1908–2005), Italian operatic soprano; Margherita Durastanti (fl. 1700–1734), Italian singer; Margherita Galeotti (1867–after 1912), Italian pianist and composer
Bella is a feminine given name. It is a diminutive form of names ending in -bella. Bella is related to the Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Latin words for beautiful, and to the name Belle, meaning beautiful in French. [1] [2] It increased in usage following the publication of the Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer.
Alina is a feminine given name with multiple origins in different cultures. It might be a form of Aline, which originated as a shortened form of Adeline, meaning noble.It has been used in Scotland as a feminine version of Alistair, the Scottish form of Alexander, and as an English version of the Scottish Gaelic álainn, meaning beautiful.
The word entered the English language in the late 19th century. It is derived from the Italian noun diva, a female deity. The plural of the word in English is "divas"; in Italian, dive. The basic sense of the term is goddess, [6] [7] the feminine of the Latin word divus (Italian divo), someone deified after death, or Latin deus, a god. [8]
Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. [1] It is known in the Anglosphere as a character in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. It came to greater notice in the 1970s, due to public figures such as Bianca Jagger. [2]
Isabella is a feminine given name, the Latinate and Italian form of Isabel, the Spanish form, Isabelle, the French form, and Isobel, the Scottish form of the name Elizabeth. All are ultimately derived from the Hebrew Elisheba , meaning God is my oath .