Gloria
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th-century literature.
Pronunciation edit
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔɹ.i.ə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔːɹ.ɪ.ə/, /ˈɡlɔːɹ.iː.ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun edit
Gloria (plural Glorias)
- 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.
- (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.
Cebuano edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Spanish Gloria, from Latin glōria.
Proper noun edit
Gloria
- a female given name from Latin
Etymology 2 edit
From Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Proper noun edit
Gloria
- (Christianity) the Gloria; the Greater Doxology
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Gloria.
Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Gloria
- a female given name, equivalent to English Gloria
Usage notes edit
Matronymics
- son of Gloria: Gloriuson
- daughter of Gloria: Gloriudóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Gloria |
Accusative | Gloriu |
Dative | Gloriu |
Genitive | Gloriu |
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Gloria f
- a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Gloria
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Glōria.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Gloria f
- a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Gloria
- (Christianity) Gloria in excelsis Deo (hymn sung during the liturgy of many churches)
Declension edit
Declension of Gloria
Further reading edit
- Gloria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Gloria f
- a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Gloria
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Gloria, from Latin glōria.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Gloria (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜎᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ)
- a female given name from Latin