Feliciana

F4E1L1I1C3I1A1N1A1

proper noun

An unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky, United States.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Latin.

    Jada and Jesse Arreola welcome baby Kloe Feliciana Nicole Arreola, girl.

    2012 March 11, “[Birth Announcements] Feb. 21”, in Alamogordo Daily News, volume 115, number 61, Alamogordo, N.M.: MediaNews Group, →OCLC, page 4B, column 2
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    The last quarrel arose from Mr[.] Pompeau’s being more sweet upon Miss Feliciana Woodland, a coloured spinster, than suited Mrs. Pompeau’s ideas of decorum.

    1832 December 14, “Delicate Distresses”, in James K. Cook, editor, Mississippi Journal and Natchez Advertiser, volume I, number 8, Natchez, Miss.: N. Wooster, →OCLC, page [4], column 4

    But Cæsar [Pinkerton], like his immortal namesake [Julius Caesar], is ambitious, and he aspired to have a wife. He felt that there was no reason why he should not have as much trouble as any white man in existence and he therefore paid a series of delicate attentions to Miss Feliciana Dusenberry, a sooty specimen of the fair sex. Miss Felissy’s heart was not marble; and it melted before the ardor of Cæsar’s affection.

    1835 April 14, “Police Scenes”, in York Gazette, volume XV, number 47, York, Pa.: [Adam] King & [Adam John] Glossbrenner, →OCLC, page [2], column 2

    “Are you fond of novels, Mr. Jenkins?” said Miss Angelica Feliciana Potts. “Yes mum, very—especially when they are fried with green peas, and served up with horseredish.”^([sic]) Miss Angelica fainted.

    1842 May 11, J. W. Warren, editor, The Wetumpka Argus, volume VII, number 7, Wetumpka, Ala.: J. W. Warren, →OCLC, page [3], column 3

    The first baby to be born in Wood County for 2015 took her time in arriving as Feliciana Alyshia Flores came into the world at 1:39 a.m. Tuesday, just into the sixth day of the year. Born to Felisha Flores, 24, of Weston, the little girl weighed in at six pounds, four ounces, and measured 19 inches.

    2015 January 7, Bill Ryan, “New Year’s baby arrives at Wood County Hospital”, in Sentinel-Tribune, Bowling Green, Oh., →OCLC, page 1, column 2

Origin

  1. LatinFēlīciāna
  2. EnglishFeliciana

Learned borrowing from Latin Fēlīciāna, feminine of Fēlīciānus. By surface analysis, Felicia + -ana or Felician + -a.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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