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Isabella

name · noun · 6 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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  • /ɪzəˈbɛlə/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 Z AH0 B EH1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A female given name from Hebrew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 3

A grape cultivar popular in the former USSR derived from the grape species Vitis labrusca.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Obsolete form of isabella.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A pale grey-yellow, fawn, cream-brown or parchment colour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 6

the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Queen Isabella, Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: queen, queen regnant, female monarch

History

Etymology

Latinate and Italian form of Isabel. The grape cultivar is popularly thought to have been discovered by a Mrs Isabella Gibbs of South Carolina in 1816.

Unknown. Anecdotally linked to Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504) or Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566–1633). See discussion at Isabelline (colour).

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Georgian: ადესა (adesa) — grape cultivar
  • Laz: ადესა (adesa) — grape cultivar
  • Mingrelian: ადესა (adesa) — grape cultivar
  • Turkish: adesa (Artvin) — grape cultivar
Real reading context

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