Anastasia

American  

[an-uh-stey-zhuh, ah-nuh-stah-shuh, uh-nuh-stah-syi-yuh] / ˌæn əˈsteɪ ʒə, ˌɑ nəˈstɑ ʃə, ʌ nʌˈstɑ syɪ yə /

noun

1. Nikolaievna Romanov Grand Duchess, 1901–?, daughter of Nicholas II: believed executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918 with other members of the Romanov family.

2. a first name.

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Anastasia British  

/ ˌænəˈstɑːzɪə, -ˈsteɪ- /

noun

1. Grand Duchess. 1901–?18, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, believed to have been executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, although several women subsequently claimed to be her

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Example Sentences

Anastasia Siourtou walks through her deserted farm on the outskirts of Karditsa, a city in the Thessaly region of central Greece.

From BBC

“Dealing with your insurance company is like another full-time job,” said Anastasia Mazzella, whose firm Kabateck LLP represents hundreds of Eaton fire victims in a suit against Southern California Edison, and who is displaced from her own still-standing home.

From Los Angeles Times

Rybakina will play either American third seed Jessica Pegula or Russian Anastasia Potapova next.

From BBC

Female athletes featured include Paralympic swimmer Anastasia Pagonis, beach volleyball player April Ross, who is a three-time Olympic medalist, and a skateboarder from Jersey City, New Jersey named Jennifer Soto.

From Seattle Times

Alex de Minaur and Matteo Berrettini exited, but the biggest casualty was women's sixth seed Coco Gauff, who lost to Russian Anastasia Potapova.

From BBC