Felicia

See also: felicia

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Felicia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – various herbaceous plants, principally of southern and eastern Africa.

Synonyms

• Agathaea

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae – family; Asteroideae – subfamily; Astereae – tribe; Homochrominae – subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Felicia tenella – type species

References

• Felicia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Felicia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Felicia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• Felisha

Etymology

From Middle English Felicia, from Latin Fēlīcia, from fēlīcia (literally “happy things”), the neuter plural of fēlīx, which often occurred in the phrase tempora fēlīcia (“happy times”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəˈliʃə/

Proper noun

Felicia

1. A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Felix.

Translations

female given name

• French: Félicie (fr) f
• Galician: Felisa (gl), Felicia (gl)
• German: Felizia
• Italian: Felicia (it) f
• Polish: Felicja (pl) f
• Romanian: Felicia
• Spanish: Felisa (es)
• Swedish: Felicia (sv)
• Ukrainian: Фелікса f (Feliksa)

Further reading

• Felicia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Proper noun

Felicia

1. a female given name, variant of Felizia

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Felicia c (genitive Felicias)

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Felix