Meanings
dahlia1
Dahlia2
- A female given name from English.
He was afraid that Delia or Della might mention a cousin named Dahlia, and he would laugh. Sweet Jesus, do not let me laugh inappropriately.
2020, Marilynne Robinson, Jack, Hachette UK, →ISBN1 more example
The girls' names were April, Corinne, Gloria, Susannah, and Dahlia. I thought these names fanciful and lovely and would have liked the daughters' looks to match them, as if they were the beautiful children of an ogre in a fairy tale.
2006, Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 175
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
dahlia · noun
Named 1791 after Anders Dahl, by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دَالِيَّا
- دَالِيَّا (dāliyyā)any plant of the genus Dahlia
Bengali ডালিয়া
- ডালিয়া (ḍaliẏa)any plant of the genus Dahlia
Bulgarian далия, гергина
- далия (dalija)any plant of the genus Dahlia
- гергина (gergina)any plant of the genus Dahlia
Catalan dàlia
- dàliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Chinese Mandarin 大麗花 /大丽花, 大理花
- 大麗花 /大丽花 (dàlìhuā)any plant of the genus Dahlia
- 大理花 (dàlǐhuā)any plant of the genus Dahlia
- 天竺牡丹 (tiānzhú mǔdān)any plant of the genus Dahlia
Czech jiřina
- jiřinaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Danish georgine, dahlia
- georgineany plant of the genus Dahlia
- dahliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Dutch dahlia
- dahliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Esperanto dalio
- dalioany plant of the genus Dahlia
Estonian daalia
- daaliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Finnish daalia
- daaliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
French dahlia
- dahliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
German Dahlie
- Dahlieany plant of the genus Dahlia
Greek ντάλια
- ντάλια (ntália)any plant of the genus Dahlia
Hawaiian waiohinu
- waiohinuany plant of the genus Dahlia
Hungarian dália
- dáliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Icelandic dalía, glitfífill
- dalíaany plant of the genus Dahlia
- glitfífillany plant of the genus Dahlia
Indonesian dahlia
- dahliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Irish dáilia
- dáiliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Italian dalia
- daliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Japanese ダリア, 天竺牡丹
- ダリア (daria)any plant of the genus Dahlia
- 天竺牡丹 (tenjikubotan)any plant of the genus Dahlia
Korean 다알리아속
- 다알리아속 (daalliasok)any plant of the genus Dahlia
Lithuanian jurginas
- jurginasany plant of the genus Dahlia
Māori teiria
- teiriaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Norwegian Bokmål georgine, dahlia
- georgineany plant of the genus Dahlia
- dahliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Polish dalia, georginia
- daliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
- georginiaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Portuguese dália
- dáliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Romanian dalie, gherghină
- dalieany plant of the genus Dahlia
- gherghinăany plant of the genus Dahlia
Russian георги́н
- георги́н (georgín)any plant of the genus Dahlia
Slovak georgína
- georgínaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Spanish dalia
- daliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Swedish dahlia
- dahliaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Tagalog dalya
- dalyaany plant of the genus Dahlia
Thai รักเร่
- รักเร่ (rák-rêe)any plant of the genus Dahlia
Turkish yıldız çiçeği
- yıldız çiçeğiany plant of the genus Dahlia
Ukrainian жоржи́на
- жоржи́на (žoržýna)any plant of the genus Dahlia
Urdu ڈہلیا
- ڈہلیا (ḍahliyā)any plant of the genus Dahlia
Vietnamese thược dược
- thược dượcany plant of the genus Dahlia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dahlia
Anagrams
Cite this entry
dahlia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dahlia
“dahlia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dahlia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dahlia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dahlia.
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