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

In the 11 months since signing up, Anastasia says she has learned about happiness.

From BBC

When she finished school, Anastasia didn't know what she wanted to be, so she took up a job as a barista.

From BBC

“First child born of English parents in the Americas. Who vanished with the rest of Roanoke Colony. Edward and Richard, the British princes who vanished from the Tower of London in 1483. Anastasia and Alexis, the two youngest children of Czar Nicholas II, who disappeared during the Russian Revolution. The kidnapped Lindbergh baby, the so-called Eaglet . . . It was my best rescue mission ever.”

From Literature

"Our simulations show that Mesolithic hunter-gatherers could have influenced up to 47% of the distribution of plant types. The Neanderthal effect was smaller, but still measurable -- approximately 6% for plant type distribution and 14% for vegetation openness," says Anastasia Nikulina.

From Science Daily

"The study is consistent with both ethnographic studies of contemporary hunter-gatherers and archaeological finds, but goes a step further by documenting how extensive human influence may have been tens of thousands of years ago -- that is, before humans started farming the land," elaborates Anastasia Nikulina.

From Science Daily