aurelia

[ aw-ree-lee-uh, aw-reel-yuh ]

/ ɔˈri li ə, ɔˈril yə /

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noun

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Origin of aurelia

Borrowed into English from New Latin around 1590–1600

Words nearby aurelia

auranofin, aurar, aurea mediocritas, aureate, aureate language, aurelia, Aurelian, Aurelius, aurene glass, aureole, aureolin

Other definitions for aurelia (2 of 2)

Aurelia

[ aw-reel-yuh ]

/ ɔˈril yə /

noun

a female given name: from Latin Aurelianus, a family name.

How to use aurelia in a sentence

What has overtaken the lady Aurelia, of the very family of the Emperor, will surely overtake others.
Aurelian|William Ware
You would not, without evidence and reason, charge Aurelian with the death of Aurelia, though ten thousand tongues report it.
Aurelian|William Ware
This was additional matter of accusation against Aurelia, and made it right that she should die.
Aurelian|William Ware
Heaven, if yet thou art Appeased for my wrong done to Aurelia, Take pity of my miseries!
The Plays of Philip Massinger|Philip Massinger

It was from this gilded appearance in some obtected pup that the terms Chrysalis and Aurelia were applied to the whole.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)|William Kirby