Frederica

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Frederica

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, feminine form of Frederick. Quite rare in English.
    • 2007, Elinor Lipman, My Latest Grievance, →ISBN, page 16:
      And there was the basic yet awful matter of my name, Frederica Hatch, due to the unfortunate coincidence of a maternal grandmother named Frieda, who died six weeks before I was born, and a favorite paternal great-uncle Frederic, who'd been a Freedom Rider at eighty. - - - When I asked if an accidental boy would have been Frederic, they said no. It was Frederica they loved.
  2. A town in Delaware

Translations

Occitan

Proper noun

Frederica f (Limousin)

  1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Frederic, equivalent to English Frederica

Further reading

  • Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN; page 307
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