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Anastasia
Anastasia ♀ Russian: feminine form of the Greek male name Anastasios (a derivative of anastasis ‘resurrection’). It has always been popular in Eastern Europe, in honour of a 4th-century saint who was martyred at Sirmium in Dalmatia. It was also used occasionally in England in the Middle Ages and as late as the 17th century; more recently it has made a considerable comeback. One of the daughters of the last tsar of Russia bore this name. She was murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918, along with the rest of her family, but in 1920 a woman claiming to be the Romanov princess Anastasia came to public notice in Germany, and a film was later based on this story (1956).
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Anastasia." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Anastasia." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Anastasia.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Anastasia." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Anastasia.html |
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Anastasia female forename, deriving from the Greek, Anastasis ‘Resurrection’. Anastasia was the name of the youngest daughter (1901–?18) of the last tsar of Russia, now thought to have died with the rest of her family at Yekaterinburg; for many years there were rumours that one or more of the family had escaped the massacre, and a number of claimants appeared.
St Anastasia, martyr and married virgin, is said to have died at Sirmium. By the 5th century she was venerated in Rome as a Roman martyr, perhaps because her cult became conflated with the titulus Anastasiae, an ancient church by the Circus Maximus. Her feast day is 25 December. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Anastasia." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Anastasia." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Anastasia.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Anastasia." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Anastasia.html |
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Anastasia
Anastasia (Anastasia Nikolayevna) , 1901-18, youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II , last of the Russian czars. She was killed with the rest of her immediate family after the Russian Revolution, but several women later claimed to be her. |
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"Anastasia." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Anastasia." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Anastasia.html "Anastasia." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Anastasia.html |
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Anastasia
Anastasia ♀ (Russian) From Greek.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Anastasia." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Anastasia." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Anastasia1.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Anastasia." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Anastasia1.html |
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"Anastasia." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Anastasia." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Anastasia.html "Anastasia." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Anastasia.html |
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