Valeria

Valeria

Valeria is a female given name dating back to the Latin verb "valere". The male version is Valerius, Valerio or Valery. Valerian is also connected to the same root with the herb known as Valeriana officinalis.

It is primarily used in Russian, Italian, Hungarian and Latin American Spanish. It means "strong, healthy, or capable."

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Ancient Rome

*Pannonia Valeria or Valeria ripensis, an ancient Roman province
*Valeria Suburbicaria, an ancient Roman province
*Valeria, the sister of P. Valerius Publicola, who is said to have advised the Roman ma­trons to ask Veturia, the mother of Coriolanus, to go to the camp of Coriolanus in order to deprecate his resentment
*Valeria Messala, the fourth wife of Lucius Cornelius Sulla
*Valeria Messalina, died 48, third wife of the Emperor Claudius

Religion

*Saint Valeria (Valeria of Milan), Christian martyr (1st or 2nd century)
*Valeria, a Christian saint martyred with Anesius

In fiction

*Valeria (Conan the Barbarian), a character in the stories and films concerning Conan the Barbarian
*Valeria (Lensman), a fictional planet in the Lensman universe
*Valeria (Soul Calibur), one of three shop workers in the video game "Soul Calibur III"
*Valeria Richards, fictional character featured in the Marvel Universe
*Valeria is a Spanish language telenovela that will be broadcast in December 2008 on Univision.

Entertainment

*Valeria Andrews, actress and singer of Girl I Told Ya
*Valeriya, Russian singer

port

*Valeria (racehorse), a competitor who finished twenty-second of twenty-three to complete the course at the 1847 Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree

Place names

*Valeria, Iowa, United States

ee also

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Prefixindex/Valeria List of Wikipedia articles beginning with "Valeria"]

References

*SmithDGRBM|author=William Ramsay|article=Valeria|volume=3|page=1215


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  • Valerĭa [1] — Valerĭa, 1) Provinz in Pannonien zwischen der Donau u. Drau, s.u. Pannonia; 2) (Varia), Stadt in Latium, zwischen Tibur u. Carseoli auf der Valerianischen Straße, j. Vico Varo; 3) so v.w. Aleria; 4) Ortschaft der Celtiberer im Tarraconensischen… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Valerĭa [2] — Valerĭa, 1) Schwester des Redners Hortensius, Gemahlin des Sulla. 2) V. Messalina, s. Messalina. 3) Galeria, die Tochter Diocletians, wurde 292 n.Chr. an Galerius verheirathet. Licinius behandelte sie nach ihres Gemahls Tode so unwürdig, daß sie… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • Valeria, S. (1) — 1S. Valeria (31. März), eine Martyrin in Africa, von welcher nur der Name bekannt ist. S. S. Anesus. (III. 905.) …   Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon

  • Valeria, S. (10) — 10S. Valeria. (5. Juni), eine Martyrin. S. S. Zenaides …   Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon

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