English Explanatory Dictionary

Olga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian.
  2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).

Pronunciation

/ˈoʊlɡə/ /ˈɒlɡə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Olga.wav

Word forms

Olga

Etymology

Borrowed in the 19th century from Old East Slavic О́льга (Ólĭga), name of a Kievan knyaginya (Saint Olga of Kiev), a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy; inviolable, sacred”). Doublet of Helga.

Related words

Oleg

Translations

Armenian: Օլգա Belarusian: Вольга Catalan: Olga Chinese Mandarin: 奧莉加 /奥莉加 Danish: Olga Faroese: Olga Finnish: Oili Galician: Olga Georgian: ოლგა German: Olga Greek: Όλγα Hebrew: אולגה Ingrian: Oljga Italian: Olga Latin: Olga Latvian: Olga Northern Mansi: Олька Marathi: ओल्गा Norwegian: Olga Polish: Olga Portuguese: Olga Russian: О́льга Skolt-Sami: Ååʹlga Serbo-Croatian: Олга Serbo-Croatian: Olga Slovak: Oľga Spanish: Olga Swedish: Olga Ukrainian: О́льга
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