Isabella

American  

[iz-uh-bel-uh] / ˌɪz əˈbɛl ə /

noun

1. (Isabella, or the Pot of Basil ),a narrative poem (1820) by John Keats.

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Isabella ¹ British  

/ ˌɪzəˈbɛlə /

noun

1. 1. a greyish-yellow colour

   2. Also: Isabelline. ( as adjective )

      an Isabella mohair coat

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Isabella ² British  

/ ˌɪzəˈbɛlə /

noun

1. original name Elizabeth Farnese. 1692–1766, second wife (1714–46) of Philip V of Spain and mother of Charles III of Spain

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Etymology

Origin of Isabella

C17: from the name Isabella ; original reference uncertain

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Example Sentences

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Isabella

In 1990, two men disguised as police officers spent 81 minutes crisscrossing Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to cut out and carry off masterpieces by Vermeer and Rembrandt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

AI-generated food pictures are appearing on everything from takeout menus to deli displays, but turning heads for all the wrong reasons, Isabella Simonetti writes for the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Isabella couldn’t let that one just sit there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

But the remaining 5% are enough to drive quite distinct behaviours, according to Dr Isabella Beckett, who is joint first author of the scientific research paper published today in the Journal Cell.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

At break, I plop down under our magnolia tree, next to Isabella and Julia.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

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