Camilla
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The name Camilla originates from Italy and is of uncertain origin. In the nineteenth century it gained its greatest fame as a result of the novel and play by Dumas, The Lady of the Camellias, which served as the basis for Verdi's opera La Traviata and several films including Greta Garbo's Camille. It is a pet name and not the given name of the heroine, and the Latin root has no relation to the flower that is her symbol. The flower Camellia was named for Georg Joseph Kamel, who first described it in the 18th century. Kamilah has also its origin in Arabic (كاملة), in which it means perfect.
Variations of the name include: Camella, Camila, Camilah, Camile, Camille, Kamila, Kamilah, Kamilla, Khamilah and Kamille.
Short forms: English: Cammy, Cam, Millie, Milla. Slovak: Kamilka.
Camilla may refer to:
People
- Camilla (mythology), the Roman mythological figure who was the daughter of King Metabus of the Volsci and a character in Virgil's Aeneid
- Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of Charles, Prince of Wales
- Camilla (singer), the British singer
- Camilla D'Errico, the Canadian visual artist
- Camilla Dallerup, the British based Danish ballroom dancer
- Camilla Belle, an American actress
- La Camilla, the lead-vocalist of Army of Lovers
- Camilla (Castlevania), one of Dracula's servants in the Castlevania series
- Camilla (muppet), the Muppet
- Camilla Severi, former Big Brother Australia housemate and co-host of the B105 breakfast show, Labrat, Camilla & Stav
- Camilla Cavendish, award winning columnist for the Times of London.
- Camilla Collett, pioneered the struggle for women’s rights in Norway, feminist author.
Arts and literature
Another short form is Cami.
- Camilla (film), from 1994
- Camilla (play), by G. Jemison
- Camilla, a novel by Frances Burney (mentioned in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey)
- Camilla, a.k.a. Camilla Dickinson, a novel by Madeleine L'Engle
- Camilla, an opera by Valentino Fioravanti
Other
- Camilla, Georgia, a city in the United States
- 107 Camilla, an asteroid
- Camilla, a genus of flies from the family Camillidae
- HMS Camilla, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
- MV Camilla Desgagnés, a roll-on, roll-off bulk-carrier.
- Song from the hit artist Jonas Altberg aka Basshunter.
- Camilla (botanical name), name of the genus that includes tea, Camilla sinensis
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