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 Beatrice is a town in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1901. At the 2020 census the population was 204, down from 301 in 2010 and 412 in 2000. Geography Beatrice is located in northern Monroe County at (31.733178, -87.2 ...

, a town *

Beatrice, Humboldt County, California Beatrice (formerly Salmon Creek) is a locality in Humboldt County, California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million resident ...

, a locality * Beatrice, Georgia, 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, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

Beatrice, Queensland Beatrice is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

, a locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia *

Beatrice, Zimbabwe Beatrice is a farming community in the province of Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. It is located about 54 km south-west of Harare on the main Harare–Masvingo road where it crosses the Mupfure River. According to the 1982 Population Census, th ...

, 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) Beatrice (or simply Ricse, sometimes referred to as ''Nagy Feró és a Beatrice'' or ''Nagyferó és a Beatrice'') is a Hungarian rock band. It was founded in 1969 as a women's band, and played mostly cover songs. In 1971, Nagy Feró joined the ...

, a Hungarian rock band * "Beatrice", a song from Sam Rivers' time with Blue Note, on the 1964 album ''Fuchsia Swing Song'' *

Beatrice (singer) Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Putnici" written by Edin Dervišhalidović. The song was performed by Dino and Béatrice. Dino is the artistic name of songwriter Edin Dervišhalidović. The ...

, Béatrice Poulot (born 1968), French singer

Literature

Beatrice Portinari Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari (; 1265 – 8 or 19 June 1290) was an Italian woman who has been commonly identified as the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri's ''Vita Nuova'', and is also identified with the Beatrice who acts as h ...

, principal inspiration for

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

'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

Other uses

Beatrice Foods Beatrice Foods Company was a major American food processing company founded in 1894. In 1987, its international food operations were sold to Reginald Lewis, a corporate attorney, creating TLC Beatrice International, after which the majority of ...

, a former major American food processing company **

Beatrice Foods Canada Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd. is a dairy unit of Lactalis Canada based in Toronto. The Canadian unit of Beatrice Foods was founded in 1969 and separated from its American parent firm, Beatrice Foods in 1978. The Beatrice trademark in Canada is owned ...

Beatrice (psychedelic) Beatrice (also known as MDO-D, MDOM, Béa and 4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxymethamphetamine) is a lesser-known psychedelic drug. It is a substituted methamphetamine and a homolog of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine (DOM). Beatrice was first synthesized ...

, a drug * MSC ''Beatrice'', a container ship *

Beatrice oil field The Beatrice Oil Field is a small oilfield consisting of 3 platforms located 24 km off the north east coast of Scotland. It began operations in 1980 with the field finally being decommissioned in 2017. Work is ongoing to begin removing al ...

in the Scottish sector of the North Sea *

Beatrice Wind Farm The Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm now known as Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project, is a wind farm close to the Beatrice oil field in the Moray Firth, part of the North Sea 13 km off the north east coast of Scotland. History Evalua ...