Angelina
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Angelina is a diminutive form of the name Angela, a name derived from the Greek angelos (Greek αγγελος) or "messenger." Thus, it means "angel."
Angelina can refer to:
[edit] People
[edit] First name
- Angelina Eberly (1798—1860), innkeeper during the Texas Archives War
- Angelina Grimké (1805–1879), American abolitionist and suffragist
- Angelina Jolie (b. 1975), American film actress, UN Goodwill Ambassador
- Angelina Weld Grimke (1880–1958), journalist and poet
[edit] Last name
- Anna Angelina, daughter of Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos and of Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera
- Eudokia Angelina, daughter of Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina
- Eva Angelina (b. 1985), American actress
- Irene Angelina (1177- 1208), daughter of Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos and of Herina
- Theodora Angelina, daughter of Anna Angelina and Isaac Comnenus Sebastocrator
[edit] Places
- Angelina County, Texas, USA
- Angelina County Airport, airport near Lufkin, Texas, USA
- Angelina National Forest, United States
- Angelina River, river in Rusk County, Texas, USA
[edit] Other
- Angelina (Bob Dylan song), song from 1981 album Shot of Love
- Angelina Ballerina, fictional mouse, created by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig
- Angelina Johnson, fictional character in the Harry Potter stories
- Angelina Lauro, cruise ship that sank near Taiwan
- Angelina, an extinct genus of trilobite