Augusta
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Augusta as a place name
Augusta, derived from Augustus the emperor, is also part of the original Latin names of many ancient places. As populations spread, they took the names with them.
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In Australia
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In Canada
- Augusta, Ontario, Canada
- North Augusta, Ontario, Canada
- South Augusta, Ontario, Canada
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In Europe
- Augusta Perusia: Perugia
- Augusta Praetoria Salassorum: Aosta, Italy
- Augusta Taurinorum: Turin, Italy
- Augusta Treverorum: Trier, Germany
- Augusta Vindelicorum Augsburg, Germany
- Augusta Raurica: Kaiseraugst (Augst), Switzerland
- Augusta, Italy (Sicily)
- Bracara Augusta: Braga, Portugal
- Emerita Augusta: Mérida, Spain
- Caesar Augusta: Zaragoza, Spain
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In United States of America
- Augusta, Arkansas, United States of America
- Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
- Augusta, Kansas, United States of America
- Augusta, Maine, United States of America (Capital city of Maine)
- Augusta, Michigan, United States of America
- Augusta, Missouri, United States of America
- Augusta, New York, United States of America
- North Augusta, South Carolina, United States of America
- Augusta, West Virginia, United States of America
- Augusta, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America
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People
- Lady Augusta, the cousin of Queen Victoria, who is the neighbour of The Richleighs of Tantamount in Barbara Willard's 1966 book of the same name.
- Honorific bestowed on females of the Imperial dynasties of Ancient Rome, see: Augusta (honorific)
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Other meanings
- Augusta (plant)
- Augusta (beer), from Germany
- Historia Augusta, the Latin name of Augustan History, a half-mockumentary biography of the Roman Emperors of the 1st and 2nd century.
- The Italian helicopter manufacturer, that has developed commercial links with both Bell in the USA and Westland of Britain, is instead called Agusta.
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See also
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