Valeria

See also: valeria, valería, and Valéria

English

Etymology

Feminine form of Roman family name Valerius, from Latin valere (“to be healthy, to be strong”). Doublet of Valerie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈlɪəɹi.ə/

Proper noun

Valeria

1. A female given name from Latin.

Related terms

• Valerie

Translations

female given name — see also Valerie

• Bulgarian: Вале́рия f (Valérija)
• Greek: Βαλέρια (el) f (Valéria)
• Italian: Valeria (it) f
• Latvian: Valerija f
• Polish: Waleria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Valéria (pt) f
• Russian: Вале́рия (ru) f (Valérija)
• Spanish: Valeria (es) f
• Ukrainian: Вале́рія f (Valérija)

Anagrams

• Valarie, reavail, velaria

Italian

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛ.rja/
• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Hyphenation: Va‧lè‧ria

Proper noun

Valeria f

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Valeria or Valerie

Anagrams

• alveari, laverai

Latin

Etymology

From earlier Valesia, from valeō (“to be healthy, strong”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯aˈle.ri.a/, [u̯äˈɫ̪ɛriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈle.ri.a/, [väˈlɛːriä]

Proper noun

Valeria f sg (genitive Valeriae); first declension

1. Name of a patrician Roman gens.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Valeria
genitive	Valeriae
dative	Valeriae
accusative	Valeriam
ablative	Valeriā
vocative	Valeria

Descendants

• Italian: Valeria

References

• “Valeria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Valeria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈleɾja/ [baˈle.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -eɾja
• Syllabification: Va‧le‧ria

Proper noun

Valeria f

1. a female given name