Gloria

From Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th-century literature.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔɹ.i.ə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔːɹ.ɪ.ə/, /ˈɡlɔːɹ.iː.ə/

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Gloria (plural Glorias)

1. A female given name from Latin. Popular during the first half of the 20th century.
   • 1835 October, Jacobus Flax: The Knickerbocker, page 291:

     Miss Flax, the little thin sister, and Miss Gloria, the stout able-bodied sister, lifted up their hands and eyes in horror at the mere hint of a wet nurse.

   • 1898, George Bernard Shaw, You Never Can Tell, act II:

     Crampton. […] What's your name? I mean your pet name. They can't very well call you Sophronia.
     Gloria. Sophronia! My name is Gloria. I am always called by it.
     Crampton. Your name is Sophronia, girl: you were called after your aunt Sophronia, my sister: she gave you your first Bible with your name written in it.
     Gloria: Then my mother gave me a new name.

2. (Christianity) The Gloria in excelsis Deo, a hymn sung during the liturgy of many churches.
   • 1872, F. A., chapter V, in Marion Howard; or Trials and Triumphs, Philadelphia: Peter F. Cunningham, […], page 100:

     “What did the priest, and all of you, keep on saying when we first went in?” / “Our Fathers, Hail Maries, and Glorias; couldn’t you hear?” asked Emily, laughing. / “No, I should think not, you rattled on so fast- What are Hail Maries and Glorias?” / “The Gloria you know well enough, my dear, because you say it in your church at the end of every psalm,” replied Miss Horton; “the Hail Mary is a prayer to our Blessed Lady,” and she repeated it.

From Spanish Gloria, from Latin glōria.

Gloria

1. a female given name from Latin

From Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Gloria

1. (Christianity) the Gloria; the Greater Doxology

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Gloria.

Gloria

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Gloria

Matronymics

• son of Gloria: Gloriuson
• daughter of Gloria: Gloriudóttir

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.rja/
• Rhymes: -ɔrja
• Hyphenation: Glò‧ria

Gloria f

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Gloria

• algori, giralo, graoli, raglio, ragliò, riloga

Learned borrowing from Latin Glōria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.rja/
• Rhymes: -ɔrja
• Syllabification: Glo‧ria
• Homophone: gloria

Gloria f

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Gloria
2. (Christianity) Gloria in excelsis Deo (hymn sung during the liturgy of many churches)

• Gloria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡloɾja/ [ˈɡlo.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -oɾja
• Syllabification: Glo‧ria

Gloria f

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Gloria

Borrowed from Spanish Gloria, from Latin glōria.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloɾja/ [ˈɡloɾ.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾja
• Syllabification: Glor‧ia
• Homophone: glorya

Gloria (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜎᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ)

1. a female given name from Latin