Elizabeth

[ ih-liz-uh-buhth ]

noun
  1. Douay Bible. Elisabeth.

  2. Elizaveta Petrovna, 1709–62, empress of Russia 1741–62 (daughter of Peter the Great).

  1. Pauline Elizabeth Ottilie Luise, Princess of Wied; "Carmen Sylva", 1843–1916, queen of Romania 1881–1914 and author.

  2. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (the Queen Mother), 1900–2002, queen consort of George VI of Great Britain (mother of Elizabeth II).

  3. Saint, 1207–31, Hungarian princess and religious mystic.

  4. a city in NE New Jersey.

  5. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “oath of God.”

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British Dictionary definitions for Elizabeth (1 of 2)

Elizabeth1

/ (ɪˈlɪzəbəθ) /


noun
  1. a city in NE New Jersey, on Newark Bay. Pop: 123 215 (2003 est)

  2. a town in SE South Australia, part of Adelaide. Pop: 26 428 (2006)

British Dictionary definitions for Elizabeth (2 of 2)

Elizabeth2

/ (ɪˈlɪzəbəθ) /


noun
  1. Saint Elizabeth or Saint Elisabeth New Testament the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8

  2. pen name Carmen Sylva. 1843–1916, queen of Romania (1881–1914) and author

  1. Russian name Yelizaveta Petrovna. 1709–62, empress of Russia (1741–62); daughter of Peter the Great

  2. title the Queen Mother; original name Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. 1900–2002, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936–52) as the wife of George VI; mother of Elizabeth II

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