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Regina (given Name)
Regina is a Late Latin feminine name meaning "queen" from the Latin, Italian language, Italian and Romanian language, Romanian word meaning the same. Regina (martyr), Regina was the name of an early Christian saint. Variant forms include: * Queenie (English language, English) * Raina, Rayna, Raya (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian) * Régine (French language, French) * Ρήγαινα (Rigena, Regena), Ρεγγίνα (Regina) (Greek language, Greek) * Regine (German language, German/Norwegian language, Norwegian) * Ríona, Ríonach (Irish language, Irish) * Reina (Spanish language, Spanish) Notable people *Regina Askia-Williams (born 1967), Nigerian actress and model *Régina Badet (1876–1949), French actress and dancer *Regina Belle (born 1963), American singer-songwriter *Regina Benjamin (born 1956), American physician *Regina de Jesús Betancourt Ramírez (born 1936), known to her followers as Regina 11, Colombian self-described mystic, faith healer, mentalist and psychic *Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Latin
Late Latin is the scholarly name for the form of Literary Latin of late antiquity.Roberts (1996), p. 537. English dictionary definitions of Late Latin date this period from the 3rd to 6th centuries CE, and continuing into the 7th century in the Iberian Peninsula. This somewhat ambiguously defined version of Latin was used between the eras of Classical Latin and Medieval Latin. Scholars do not agree exactly when Classical Latin should end or Medieval Latin should begin. Being a written language, Late Latin is not the same as Vulgar Latin, or more specifically, the spoken Latin of the post-Imperial period. The latter served as the ancestor of the Romance languages. Although Late Latin reflects an upsurge in the use of Vulgar Latin vocabulary and constructs, it remains largely classical in its overall features, depending on the author who uses it. Some Late Latin writings are more literary and classical, but others are more inclined to the vernacular. As such it is an important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
