Anastasia

[ an-uh-stey-zhuh, ah-nuh-stah-shuh; Russian uh-nuh-stah-syi-yuh ]

/ ˌæn əˈsteɪ ʒə, ˌɑ nəˈstɑ ʃə; Russian ʌ nʌˈstɑ syɪ yə /

noun

Ni·ko·la·iev·na Ro·ma·nov

[Russian nyi-kuh-lah-yiv-nuh ruh-mah-nuh f] /Russian nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪv nə rʌˈmɑ nəf/, Grand Duchess,1901–?, daughter of Nicholas II: believed executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918 with other members of the Romanov family.

a female given name.

Example sentences from the Web for anastasia

“Alfa only has about two hundred members,” says Anastasia Rozlertska, a 27-year-old activist.

Photographs Expose Russian-Trained Killers in Kiev |Jamie Dettmer |March 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Is it true that you also turned down the chance to audition for the Anastasia Steele role in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie?

Exclusive: Shailene Woodley On ‘Divergent,’ J. Law, and Why She Turned Down ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ |Marlow Stern |March 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But Anastasia showed me that brows are frames for the face, and make such a world of difference in how a woman looks.

Meet Hollywood's Eyebrow King, Damone Roberts |Allison Samuels |August 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
"Anastasia took my skills to another level," remembers Roberts.

Meet Hollywood's Eyebrow King, Damone Roberts |Allison Samuels |August 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The Guardian claimed it was “the pivotal moment when the impressionable Anastasia Steele loses her virginity to Grey.”

Meet ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Director Sam Taylor-Johnson: The Cancer-Surviving Badass |Marlow Stern |June 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
There was probably no lady in the town that would have received this information with as great composure as did Anastasia Joliffe.

The Nebuly Coat |John Meade Falkner
Surely my Anastasia is not jealous—not jealous, after all the proofs that I have given her of fidelity?

The Lady of Lynn |Walter Besant
He called it his Anastasia,—the church of the resurrection of the faith.

The Arian Controversy |H. M. Gwatkin
Anastasia Lynch was Barry's sister, and older than him by about ten years.

The Kellys and the O'Kellys |Anthony Trollope
After this toast, the Lady Anastasia withdrew with the other ladies.

The Lady of Lynn |Walter Besant

British Dictionary definitions for anastasia

Anastasia

/ (ˌænəˈstɑːzɪə, -ˈsteɪ-) /

noun

Grand Duchess. 1901–?18, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, believed to have been executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, although several women subsequently claimed to be her

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Anastasia

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British Dictionary definitions for anastasia

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