Camilla

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/kəˈmɪlə/

proper noun

A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

proper nounCamilla (countable and uncountable, plural Camillas)

plural Camillas

  1. countableuncountableA warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.
  2. countableuncountableA female given name from Latin.

    Fancy southern names which she couldn't remember five minutes after they'd told her. Camilla? Amelia? Jemima? It didn't matter. Ashworth would have made a note of them.

    2011, Ann Cleeves, Hidden Depths, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 165
  3. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Mitchell County, Georgia, United States.

Origin

  1. LatinCamilla
  2. EnglishCamilla

From Latin Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.

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Translations

Czech Kamila
  • Kamilafemale given name
Danish Camilla, Kamilla
  • Camillafemale given name
  • Kamillafemale given name
French Camille
  • Camillefemale given name
Greek Καμίλλη
  • Καμίλλη (Kamílli)female given name
Hungarian Kamilla
  • Kamillafemale given name
Italian Camilla
  • Camillafemale given name
Latin Camilla
  • Camillafemale given name
Latvian Kamilla, Kamila
  • Kamillafemale given name
  • Kamilafemale given name
Lithuanian Kamilė
  • Kamilėfemale given name
Norwegian Camilla, Kamilla
  • Camillafemale given name
  • Kamillafemale given name
Polish Kamila
  • Kamilafemale given name
Portuguese Camila
  • Camilafemale given name
Russian Ками́лла
  • Ками́лла (Kamílla)female given name
Slovak Kamila
  • Kamilafemale given name
Spanish Camila
  • Camilafemale given name
Swedish Camilla
  • Camillafemale given name
Ukrainian Камі́ла
  • Камі́ла (Kamíla)female given name
Cite this entry
APA

Camilla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Camilla

MLA

“Camilla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Camilla. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Camilla,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Camilla.

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