Camilla

[ kuh-mil-uh ]

/ kəˈmɪl ə /

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Roman Legend. a woman warrior who fought on the side of Turnus against Aeneas.

Also Ca·mil·a, Ca·mile, Ca·mille

[kuh-meel]. /kəˈmil/. a female given name.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Why is Camille Cosby going on the record and not Bill Cosby?
Why Didn’t Camille Dump Bill Cosby?|Amanda Marcotte|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite a dizzying number of women coming forward against her husband, Camille Cosby refuses to sharpen her blade of vengeance.
Why Didn’t Camille Dump Bill Cosby?|Amanda Marcotte|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She says that, shortly after a rough breakup, she went on a double-date with a man and Cosby and his wife, Camille.
Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004|Marlow Stern|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Camille Hammond, CEO of Tinina Q Cade Foundation, said simply that the pathways to parenthood are different.
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction|Eleanor Clift|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Lorena Bobbitt has committed the ultimate revolutionary act of contemporary feminism,” chimed Camille Paglia.
Carol Shields’s Tale Of Secondhand Life|Nathaniel Rich|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But here the artist stranded, the victim of a cabal, despite the protection of Camille Maupin.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
In such, or fitter words, does Camille evoke the Elemental Powers, in this great moment.
A Wanderer in Paris|E. V. Lucas
When she coughed, I got the disease immediately, and was soon taken with convulsions and died instead of Camille.
My Wonderful Visit|Charlie Chaplin
You remember how in his letters to Fontana he abuses Camille Pleyel in a manner irreconcilable with genuine love and esteem.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
In the entresol below lived Camille Desmoulins and his wife in 1792.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin