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

Over on another table, Nia - who was taking part in the quiz with her friends Callum and Anastasia - says the recent media attention about their local pub quiz has been "crazy".

From BBC

In September, Georgian media widely published an open letter they said had been sent from prison by Anastasia Zinovkina, a Russian political activist sentenced to eight-and-a-half years on drug possession charges.

From BBC

She was only allowed a five-minute call with her children -- Ivan, 11, and Anastasia, 9 -- once a month.

From Barron's