Livia
English
Proper noun
Livia
- A female given name from Latin.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- Some nobler token I have kept apart / For Livia and Octavia, to induce / Their mediation; […]
Usage notes
- Also used as a short form of Olivia.
Related terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈliːvɪ̯a]
Audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: Li‧vi‧a
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.vja/
- Rhymes: -ivja
- Hyphenation: Lì‧via
Proper noun
Livia f
- a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Livia
- (historical) former name of Forli, the capital city of the province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Further reading
- Livia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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