Aglaia is a feminine given name that comes from the ancient Greek

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Aglaia ''Aglaia'' is a genus of 117 species of woody dioecious trees belonging to the Mahogany family (Meliaceae). These trees occur in the subtropical and tropical forests of Southeast Asia, Northern Australia and the Pacific. Some species are impo ...

(Ἀγλαΐα). It may also be written Aglaïa or sometimes as Aglaja, Aglaya, or Aglaea. People named Aglaia include: * Aglaia Anastasiou (born 1986), Greek swimmer * Aglaia Coronio (1834–1906), British embroiderer, bookbinder, and art collector * Aglaia Konrad (born 1960), Austrian photographer and educator * Aglaia Koras, Greek-American pianist *

Aglaia Kremezi Aglaia Kremezi (Αγλαΐα Κρεμέζη) is a Greek food writer and journalist, often considered "one of Greece's foremost cooking authorities". She lives on the island of Kea (island), Kea, Greece, where she runs a cooking school. Bibliograp ...

, Greek food writer and journalist * Aglaia Mortcheva (born 1972), Bulgarian animator, illustrator, voice actress, and professor *

Aglaia Papa Aglaia Papa ( el, Αγλαΐα Παπά, 1904–84) was a Greek painter. Life Aglaia Papa was born in Corfu in 1904. Her family lived in Janicat, then in the Ottoman Empire, now in Albania. Her older sister Katina Papa (1903–57) would become ...

(1904–1984), Greek painter *

Aglaia Pezzato Aglaia Mafalda Pezzato (born 22 April 1994) is an Italian swimmer. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same n ...

(born 1994), Italian swimmer *

Aglaia Szyszkowitz Aglaia Szyszkowitz (born 11 January 1968) is an Austrian actress. She has appeared in more than seventy films since 1995. Filmography Film References External links * 1968 births Living people Austrian film actresses {{Aus ...

(born 1968), Austrian actress * Aglaja Brix (born 1990), German actress *

Aglaja Orgeni Aglaja Orgeni (born Anna Maria von Görger St Jörgen; 17 December 1841 – 15 March 1926), was a Hungarian coloratura soprano.Forbes, Elizabeth (1992). "Orgeni, Aglaja" in Sadie 3: 752. Biography Orgeni was born in Rimászombat, Galicia (n ...

(1841–1926), Hungarian coloratura soprano *

Aglaja Schmid Aglaja Schmid (1926–2003) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Fritsche, p. 232. She was married to the theatre and film director Rudolf Steinboeck. Selected filmography * '' The Other Life'' (1948) * '' The Trial'' (1948) * ''Dreaming Da ...

(1926–2003), Austrian stage and film actress * Aglaja Veteranyi (1962–2002), Swiss writer *

Aglaya Tarasova Aglaya Viktorovna Tarasova (russian: Аглая Викторовна Тарасова; born April 18, 1994) is a Russian actress. She is best known for her role in a romantic drama ''Ice'' (as Nadya Lapshina). Winner of the Golden Eagle Award (2 ...

(born 1994), Russian actress

In fiction

* Aglaia, the wife of

Karagiozis Karagiozis or Karaghiozis ( ell, Καραγκιόζης , tr, Karagöz ) is a shadow puppet and fictional character of Greek folklore, originating in the Turkish shadow play Karagöz and Hacivat. He is the main character of the tales narrated ...

* Aglaia (or Aglaya) Yepanchin is the name of a character that features in Dostoyevsky's

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, where she is the daughter of General Yepanchin. {{given name