Paulinaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Paulina

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     :Scene 3:

     O grave and good Paulina, the great comfort / That I have had of thee!

   • 1991, Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Simon & Schuster, published 1999, →ISBN, page 60:

     She smells like expensive soap and her teeth are shiny-white. She does not in any way look like her name. It's not her fault that she was born in a time when people believed in names like Wanda, Dottie and Betty. She's more of a Vanessa or Paulina.

使用する際の注意点

• Revived in the 19th century but rare today, Pauline being the preferred form.

名詞

Paulina (plural Paulinas)

1. A pupil or alumna of St Paul's Girls' School, London, England.
   • 2015, Robert H. Gillette, Escape to Virginia: From Nazi Germany to Thalhimer’s Farm, page 65:

     In fact, gardening was a significant part of the tradition of the Paulinas (the name given to the girls who attended St. Paul's).

アナグラム

• Apulian, Naipaul, Paulian