cristina
cristina Lexical Profile
• noun
A female given name of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese origin, equivalent to the English name Christina.
"She named her daughter Cristina in honor of her grandmother from Madrid."
A historical Spanish silver coin worth eight reales, issued in 1836 during the regency of Queen Maria Christina.
"The numismatist examined a well-preserved silver cristina minted in nineteenth-century Spain."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese Cristina, which derives from the Late Latin feminine given name Christina ('follower of Christ'). The common noun referring to the historical Spanish silver coin was named in honor of Queen Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, who served as regent of Spain during the 1830s.
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