Edwardiana

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noun

Items related to the Edwardian era, especially collectibles.

OriginEnglish Edward ← Middle English Edward ← Old English Ēadweard →
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Meanings

Edwardiana1

nounEdwardiana pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyItems related to the Edwardian era, especially collectibles.

Edwardiana2

proper noun
  1. A female given name of rare usage.

    Mrs. Edwardiana Blanchard of Call St. was discharged from the Holyoke Hospital Saturday and is now convalescing at home.

    1956 June 5, “Willimansett Briefs”, in Springfield Daily News, 76th year, number 86, Springfield, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 29, column 7
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    Marriage intentions have been filed in the office of the city clerk by Joseph A. Lafleur of Springfield and Miss Edwardiana Duprat of Pendleton avenue.

    1917 November 15, Springfield Daily Republican, 74th year, number 192, Springfield, Mass., →OCLC, page 14, column 5

    Mrs. Edwardiana Blanchette, wife of Adelard C. Blanchette, of Hartford, died at the Hartford hospital, Tuesday, of peritonitis.

    1919 March 21, “[Obituary] Mrs. Adelard C. Blanchette”, in Norwich Bulletin, volume LXI, number 53, Norwich, Conn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 3

    All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, whether real personal or mixed, and wherever situate, I give, devise and bequeath unto my children […] Edwardiana Morell of Walpole, […]

    1930 November 5, Cheshire County Probates

Origin

Edwardiana · noun

From Edwardian + -ana or Edward + -iana (“collection”).

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Edwardiana · proper noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*audaz
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wer-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*wor-tús
  4. Proto-Germanic*warduz
  5. Proto-Germanic*Audawarduz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*Audawardu
  7. Old EnglishĒadweard
  8. Middle EnglishEdward
  9. EnglishEdward
  10. EnglishEdwardiana

From Edward + -iana (suffix forming female given names).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Edwardiana

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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