English Explanatory Dictionary

Gloriana

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Sobriquet for Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Queen of England and Ireland.
  2. A female given name.

Word forms

Gloriana

Etymology

Coined by English poet Edmund Spenser to represent Elizabeth I in his poem The Faerie Queene (1590), from Latin glōria (“glory”) + -ana, from Latin -āna, feminine of -ānus (“of or pertaining to”).

Synonyms

Good Queen Bess Queen Bess
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