Standard Lemma guide

Eugenia

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /juːˈd͡ʒiːniə/
  • /juːˈd͡ʒɛniə/
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  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW2 JH IY1 N IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A female given name from Ancient Greek. Variant: Eugenie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

45 Eugenia, a main belt asteroid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any member of the genus Eugenia of myrtaceous plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genus Eugenia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὐγενία (Eugenía), feminine form of Εὐγένιος (Eugénios) ( =Eugene) "well born".

Borrowed from translingual Eugenia.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: Եվգինե (Evgine) — female given name
  • Armenian: Եվգենյա (Evgenya) — female given name
  • Belarusian: Яўгенія (Jawhjenija) — female given name
  • Bulgarian: Евгения (Evgenija) — female given name
  • Catalan: Eugènia — female given name
  • Czech: Evženie — female given name
  • Finnish: Senni — female given name
  • French: Eugénie — female given name
  • Galician: Uxía — female given name
  • Georgian: ევგენია (evgenia) — female given name
  • German: Eugenie — female given name
  • Hungarian: Eugénia — female given name
  • Italian: Eugenia — female given name
  • Japanese: エウヘニア — female given name
  • Latvian: Eiženija — female given name
  • Norwegian: Eugenia — female given name
  • Occitan: Eugenia — female given name
  • Polish: Eugenia — female given name
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Eugênia — female given name
  • European Portuguese: Eugénia — female given name
  • Romanian: Eugenia — female given name
  • Russian: Евге́ния (Jevgénija) — female given name
  • Serbo-Croatian: Евгенија — female given name
  • Serbo-Croatian: Evgenija — female given name
  • Spanish: Eugenia — female given name
  • Swedish: Eugenia — female given name
  • Ukrainian: Євгенія (Jevhenija) — female given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香女星 (Xiāngnǚxīng) — Asteroid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 欧亨尼娅 — Asteroid
  • Czech: eugenie — plant
  • Italian: eugenia — plant
  • Lao: ຈຸມກຽງປ່າ (chum kīang pā) — plant
  • Russian: евге́ния (jevgénija) — plant
  • Russian: эвге́ния (evgénija) — plant
Real reading context

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