Beatrice may refer to: *

Beatrice (given name) Beatrice (; ) is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French '' Béatrice'', which came from the Latin ''Beatrix'', which means "blessed one". ''Beatrice'' is also the Italian language version of Beatrix. The Spanish and P ...

Places

In the United States

* Beatrice, Alabama, a town * Beatrice, Humboldt County, California, a locality *

Beatrice, Georgia Beatrice is an unincorporated community in Stewart County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United Sta ...

, an unincorporated community *

Beatrice, Indiana There are several townships in Porter County, Indiana. Within each of the townships are several towns or cities or other type of named communities. There are many "lost" towns, a group of places whose names are still commonly used by county residen ...

, an unincorporated community *

Beatrice, Nebraska Beatrice () is a city in and the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska, United States. Its population was 12,459 at the 2010 census. Beatrice is located approximately 25 miles south of Lincoln on the Big Blue River and is surrounded by agricultu ...

, a city *

Beatrice, West Virginia Beatrice is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...

, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

* Beatrice, Queensland, a locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia * Beatrice, Zimbabwe, a village

Arts and entertainment

* ''Beatrice'' (1919 film), an Italian historical film * ''Beatrice'' (1987 film), a French-Italian historical drama * ''Beatrice'' (radio programme), Sveriges Radio's 1989 Christmas calendar * Beatrice (band), a Hungarian rock band * "Beatrice", a song from Sam Rivers' time with Blue Note, on the 1964 album ''Fuchsia Swing Song'' * Beatrice (singer), Béatrice Poulot (born 1968), French singer

Literature

* Beatrice Portinari, principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri's ''

Vita Nuova ''La Vita Nuova'' (; Italian for "The New Life") or ''Vita Nova'' (Latin title) is a text by Dante Alighieri published in 1294. It is an expression of the medieval genre of courtly love in a prosimetrum style, a combination of both prose and ve ...

'', and the Beatrice in his ''

Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' ( it, Divina Commedia ) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun 1308 and completed in around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and ...

'' * ''Beatrice'' (novel), an 1890 novel by H. Rider Haggard

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