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Au·gus·ta (ô gus′tə, ə-)

noun

a feminine name

Etymology: L, fem. of Augustus

Augusta2 definition

Au·gus·ta (ô gus′tə, ə-)

capital of Me., on the Kennebec River: pop. 19,000

Etymology: prob. after Pamela Augusta Dearborn, daughter of a general in the Am Revolution

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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