Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Beatrice (/ ˈ b iː (ə) t r ɪ s / BEE-(ə-)triss, Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe]) [1] is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French Béatrice , which came from the Latin Beatrix , which means "blessed one".
Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari [1] (Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe portiˈnaːri]; 1265 – 8 or 19 June 1290) was an Italian woman who has been commonly identified as the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri's Vita Nuova, and is also identified with the Beatrice who acts as his guide in the last book of his narrative poem the Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia), Paradiso, and during the ...
Bea, Beata, Beate, Beatrice, Béatrice, Beatriz, Trix, Trixie Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from Viatrix , a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word beatus or "blessed". [ 8 ]
Beatriz (Spanish: [be.aˈtɾiθ], Portuguese: [bi.ɐˈtɾiʃ]) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings others happiness'. [1]
Beatrice is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing.In the play, she is the niece of Leonato and the cousin of Hero.Atypically for romantic heroines of the sixteenth century, she is feisty and sharp-witted; these characteristics have led some scholars to label Beatrice a protofeminist character.
She had run out of things to say to Noel, and so she told him a story about "four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter". It became one of the most famous children's letters ever written and the basis of Potter's future career as a writer-artist-storyteller. [58]
Beatrice, a French-Italian historical drama; Beatrice (radio programme), Sveriges Radio's 1989 Christmas calendar; Beatrice (band), a Hungarian rock band "Beatrice", a song from Sam Rivers' time with Blue Note, on the 1964 album Fuchsia Swing Song; Beatrice (singer), Béatrice Poulot (born 1968), French singer
Another suggested derivation is from the mediaeval personal name Beaton or Beton, a pet form of a short form of the names Bartholomew or Beatrice. [1] Bartholomew is a masculine name, while Beatrice is feminine; the names are not etymologically related to each other. [3] Notable people with the surname include: