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Anastasia

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

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.


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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As paraphrased by Vogue, Anastasia says the tins are “all about reinventing the ordinary” into “something special and bespoke.”

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Among those killed was 20-year-old Anastasia Plakias, a student at the University of Thessaloniki.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"First, you need to create conditions that make a woman actually want to have a child. Not pressure her in every possible way," said Anastasia, a 29-year-old child rehabilitation specialist.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

“This is creating a lot of problems,” said Anastasia Kuznetsova, a mother of two living in St. Petersburg, which has also suffered from outages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Sam decided, as he was putting on his jacket for the playground, that when he got home he would have a serious talk with his mom and daddy and Anastasia, too, about safety and health.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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