Etymology

Galina

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Today it means: A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína). Full definition →

bg,ru Гали́на ← Ancient Greek γαλήνη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγαλήνη“calm”
  2. bg,ru · borrowed fromГали́на
  3. English todayGalina

Borrowed from Bulgarian and Russian Гали́на (Galína), from Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm”), name of a Nereid and of early martyrs venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγαλήνη all →

HalinaGalyna

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