Antonia, Antónia, Antônia, or Antonía is a feminine given name and a

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. It is of Roman origin, used as the name of women of the '' Antonius'' family. Its meaning is "priceless", "praiseworthy" and "beautiful". Antonia is a Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese name used in many parts of the world. Antónia is a Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Polish feminine form of Anton, Antal and António used in

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, as well as parts of

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. Antônia is a Portuguese feminine form of Antônio used in

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, and

,. Antonía is an Icelandic feminine form of Antonie used in

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. Antonia () is the feminine form of Antonios (Αντώνιος) and

Antonis Antónis (Greek alphabet: Αντώνης) is a Greek language, Greek masculine given name that is a variant of Antonios that is used in Greece and Cyprus. Antonis is a Dutch language, Dutch masculine given name that is a diminutive of Anthonius tha ...

(Αντώνης) used mainly in

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Variants

*Anthonia – Danish, Finnish, Swedish *Antoaneta – Bulgarian *Antoinette – French *Antonela – Albanian *Antonella – Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish *Antoneta – Albanian *Antonette – English *Antonia – Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Georgian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish *Ántonia – Bohemian *Antonía – Icelandic *Antònia – Catalan *Antónia – Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak *Antônia –

Brazilian Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese (; ; also known as pt-BR) is the set of Variety (linguistics), varieties of Portuguese language native to Brazil. It is spoken by almost all of the 203 million inhabitants of Brazil and widely across the Brazilian diaspora ...

*Antonie – Czech, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish *Antonieta – Portuguese *Antonietta – Italian, Spanish *Antonija – Croatian, Latvian, Serbian, Slovene *Antonina – Italian, Polish *Antonine – Danish, Norwegian, Swedish *Antía – Galician *Nedda – Italian *Nela – Croatian, Czech, Slovak *Nettie – Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish *Teuna – Dutch *Toini – Finnish *Toni – English *Toñi – Spanish *Tonia – English, Polish *Tonka – Croatian, Slovene *Tony – English *Tonya – English, Russian, Ukrainian *Tončica – Croatian (Dalmatian) *Tosia – Polish *Αντωνία (Antonia or Andonia) – Greek

Roman women

The name of any women of the '' Antonius'' family in Ancient Rome: * Antonia (aunt of Mark Antony), the daughter of Marcus Antonius (orator) * Antonia Hybrida Major, the first daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida she married the tribune Lucius Caninius Gallus * Antonia Hybrida Minor, the second daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida, she married her cousin Mark Antony * Antonia (wife of Vatinius), sister of Mark Antony, she married Publius Vatinius *Daughters of Mark Antony ** Antonia (wife of Pythodoros), married wealthy Greek Pythodoros of Tralles ** Antonia Major, grandmother of Roman Empress Valeria Messalina and Roman Emperor Nero ** Antonia Minor, mother of Roman Emperor Claudius and grandmother of Roman Emperor Caligula * Iulla Antonia, maternal granddaughter of Octavia Minor and paternal granddaughter of Mark Anthony * Antonia Tryphaena, granddaughter Pythodoros of Tralles, princess of Pontus * Antonia Furnilla, mother of Marcia (mother of Trajan) and Marcia Furnilla * Claudia Antonia, Roman princess, granddaughter of Antonia Minor and a daughter of Roman Emperor Claudius * Antonia Clementiana, daughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix * Antonia Agrippina, a possible granddaughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix * Antonia Gordiana, daughter, sister and mother of Emperors Gordian I to III respectively * Antonia and Alexander, Roman Catholic saints

Other people

* Antônia (footballer) * Mother Antonia, Mexican nun * Nina Antonia, British journalist and writer * Antònia Abelló (1913-1984), Spanish political activist, journalist, feminist * Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Swedish businesswoman * Antonia of Baux, queen consort of Sicily * Antonia Byatt, British novelist and poet * Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Northern Irish actress * Jane Antonia Cornish, British Contemporary classical music composer * Antonia of Douro, descendant of emperor Wilhelm II of Germany * Toni Garrn, (born Antonia Garrn), German model * Antonia Göransson, Swedish footballer * Antonia Iacobescu, Romanian singer also known as "Antonia" * Antônia Keyla, Brazilian para-athlete * Antonia Kidman, Australian journalist and sister of Nicole Kidman * Antonia Kinlay, British actress * Antonia Laucher, German soprano * Antonia Lofaso, American

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chef and restaurateur * Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Antonia of Luxembourg * Antônia Melo * Antonia Moraiti (born 1977), Greek water polo player * Antonia Nava de Catalán (1779 – 1843), heroine of the Mexican War of Independence * Antonia Niedermaier (born 2003), German cyclist and ski mountaineer * Antonia Novello, first female and Hispanic Surgeon General of the United States * Antonia Papandreou, American engineer * Anntonia Porsild, Thai actress and model * Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Antónia of Portugal, Portuguese princess * Antonia Pozzi, Italian poet * Antonia Prebble, New Zealand actress * Antonia Rados, Austrian television journalist * Bahamadia, (born Antonia Reed), American hip-hop artist * Antonia Stergiou (born 1985), Greek high jumper * Antonia Thomas, British actress * Antonia Wright, American reality television personality * Archduchess Maria Antonietta of Austria (1858–1883) * Susan Williams Antonia Stockard, birthname of Stockard Channing

Fictional people

* Antonia (Ninjago), Antonia ''(Ninjago)'', a character in ''Ninjago'' * Antonia Ridderfjell, fictional character in the Bert Diaries comic book adaptions, cousin of Emilia Ridderfjell * Antonia, heroine in the Gothic novel ''The Monk''. * Ántonia, a character within the novel ''My Ántonia''. * Antonia Quixana, the niece and house-keeper of ''Don Quixote''.

Surname

*Helena Antonia (1550–1595), bearded female court dwarf *Jarchinio Antonia (born 1990), Curaçaoan footballer

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