Clelia

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proper noun

A female given name from Latin.

OriginLatin Cloelia →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Latin.

    Clelia: the name, at first hearing, was so uncannily like Clara that Clara dispensed with the notion that she might have misheard the initial consonant, and that the girl might be supposed to be called Dahlia.

    1967, Margaret Drabble, Jerusalem the Golden, Popular Library, published 1979, →ISBN, page 16

Origin

  1. LatinCloelia
  2. EnglishClelia

From Latin Cloelia.

More words from Latin

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Translations

French Clélia
  • Cléliafemale given name
Italian Clelia
  • Cleliafemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Callieallice
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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