Anastasia
Ni·ko·la·iev·na Ro·ma·nov [Russian nyi-kuh-lah-yiv-nuhruh-mah-nuhf], /Russian nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪv nə rʌˈmɑ nəf/, Grand Duchess, 1901–?, daughter of Nicholas II: believed executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918 with other members of the Romanov family.
a female given name.
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Clairemont resident Anastasia’s 26-year-old son has bipolar disorder with psychotic features and has been hospitalized several times since 2020.
New Mandate Could Further Stress San Diego’s Clogged Behavioral Health System | Lisa Halverstadt | September 21, 2022 | Voice of San Diego“Alfa only has about two hundred members,” says Anastasia Rozlertska, a 27-year-old activist.
Photographs Expose Russian-Trained Killers in Kiev | Jamie Dettmer | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIs it true that you also turned down the chance to audition for the Anastasia Steele role in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie?
Exclusive: Shailene Woodley On ‘Divergent,’ J. Law, and Why She Turned Down ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ | Marlow Stern | March 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Anastasia showed me that brows are frames for the face, and make such a world of difference in how a woman looks.
"Anastasia took my skills to another level," remembers Roberts.
The Guardian claimed it was “the pivotal moment when the impressionable Anastasia Steele loses her virginity to Grey.”
Meet ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Director Sam Taylor-Johnson: The Cancer-Surviving Badass | Marlow Stern | June 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAll the gestures and attitudes of Anastasia are those of taste and sentiment, Leonora's are simply those of nature.
Leonora | Maria EdgeworthSt. Anastasia had power over Satan, and was for two months sustained by bread from heaven.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantHis second wife was the accomplished singer Anastasia Robinson, who survived him.
A Walk from London to Fulham | Thomas Crofton CrokerAnastasia Romanova, daughter of Roman, hence the name by which the family was afterwards distinguished—Romanov.
The Rise of the Russian Empire | Hector H. MunroHis days were very quiet, and had been altogether without excitement until he had met with Anastasia Bergen.
Aaron Trow | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for Anastasia
/ (ˌænəˈstɑːzɪə, -ˈsteɪ-) /
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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