"Celia" meaning in English

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Proper name

Rhymes: -iːliə Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Caelia, feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”). Introduced into English by William Shakespeare in As You Like It. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Caelia}} Latin Caelia, {{m|la|Caelius}} Caelius, {{m|la|caelum||heaven}} caelum (“heaven”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Celia
  1. A female given name from Latin. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (female given name): Cèlia [feminine] (Catalan), 西莉亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 西莉亚 (Xīlìyà) (Chinese Mandarin), Célia [feminine] (French), Celia [feminine] (Galician), Kilia (Hawaiian), ᓰᓕᐊ (siilia) (Inuktitut), Celia [feminine] (Italian), Caelia [feminine] (Latin), Celina [feminine] (Polish), Celia [feminine] (Polish), Célia [feminine] (Portuguese), Celia (Romanian), Celia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Celia-en-name-gQoJTTk- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Celias [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Celia. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|Celia}} Italian Celia Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Celia (plural Celias)
  1. A surname from Italian.
    Sense id: en-Celia-en-name-rsy3jwmJ Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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