Galina

See also: galina, galiña, and Gaļina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Гали́на (Galína), from Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē, calm), name of a Nereid and of early martyrs venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Proper noun

Galina

  1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína).

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

See Ukrainian Галина (Halyna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡalɪna]

Proper noun

Galina f

  1. a female given name

Declension

Estonian

Proper noun

Galina

  1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína).

Latvian

Etymology

Variant of Gaļina.

Proper noun

Galina f

  1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína).

References

  • Population Register of Latvia: Galina was the only given name of 1150 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Гали́на (Galína), from Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē, calm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡalina/

Proper noun

Galina f (genitive singular Galiny, nominative plural Galiny, declension pattern of žena)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Galina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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