Carina
See also: carina
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna (“the keel of a ship”)
Proper noun edit
Carina
- (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
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constellation
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Etymology 2 edit
Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe.
Proper noun edit
Carina
- A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.
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Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Carina
- a female given name, variant of Karina
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Carina f
- a female given name, variant of Karina
German edit
Pronunciation edit
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Carina
- a female given name, equivalent to English Carina
Latin edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈriː.na/, [käˈriːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈri.na/, [käˈriːnä]
Proper noun edit
Carīna m sg (genitive Carīnae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Carīna |
Genitive | Carīnae |
Dative | Carīnae |
Accusative | Carīnam |
Ablative | Carīnā |
Vocative | Carīna |
Locative | Carīnae |
References edit
- Carina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian edit
Proper noun edit
Carina
- a female given name, variant of Karina
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
- Karina (given name)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Carina f
- a female given name
- (astronomy) Carina (constellation)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Latinate form of Karin. Can also be associated with Latin Carina. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1877.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Carina c (genitive Carinas)
- a female given name
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 46 821 females with the given name Carina living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.