statua

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UK/ˈstatʃʊə/UK/ˈstatjʊə/

noun

A statue.

OriginLatin statua →
First used 15th c.Scrabble 6
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Meanings

nounstatua (plural statuas or statuae)

plural statuas · plural statuae

  1. archaicA statue.First known use 15th c.

    whilst he played, he put his ring upon the finger of Venus' statua, which was thereby, made in brass […]

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i

Origin

  1. Latinstatua
  2. Englishstatua

From Latin statua. Doublet of statue.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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