Angelina

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/ˌænd͡ʒəˈliːnə/

proper noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek, an Italian diminutive of Angela.

CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

proper nounAngelina (countable and uncountable, plural Angelinas)

plural Angelinas

  1. countableuncountableA female given name from Ancient Greek, an Italian diminutive of Angela.

    What happened to Angelina Resendiz is a mystery, but her mother wants to get to the bottom of it.

    2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN
  2. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Angelina County.
  3. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Asteroid Angelina, 64 Angelina.
nounAngelina (plural Angelinas)

plural Angelinas

  1. slangA young, inexperienced hobo (of either gender).

    You'll like yourself better for it in the end, and when the next optimistic “Angelina” saunters in fresh from the rails looking for some work, he may benefit from your good conduct.

    2011, Josh Mack, The Hobo Handbook
    1 more example

    He had a plug of tobacco fixed firmly in his left cheek and talked around it in fluent hobo slang. "You Angelinas lookin' to catch a blind?" he said as Violet and Myrtle stood on the platform in Penn Station[…]

    2009, Karen Schwabach, The Hope Chest, page 50
  2. rareA female denizen of Los Angeles. Alternative form of Angelena (“a female resident of Los Angeles”); feminine of Angelino (“a male resident of Los Angeles”); Synonym of Angelino/Angeleno (“a resident of Los Angeles of either gender”);

Origin

  1. ItalianAngelina
  2. EnglishAngelina

From Italian Angelina. By surface analysis, Angela + -ina. Piecewise doublet of Angeline.

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Translations

French Angeline, Angéline
  • Angelinea female given name
  • Angélinea female given name
Portuguese Angelina
  • Angelinaa female given name
Russian Ангели́на
  • Ангели́на (Angelína)a female given name

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Angelina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Angelina

MLA

“Angelina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Angelina. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Angelina,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Angelina.

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