Definition of Augusta

1. Noun. The capital of the state of Maine.

Exact synonyms: Capital Of Maine
Generic synonyms: State Capital
Group relationships: Maine, Me, Pine Tree State

2. Noun. A city in eastern Georgia north-northwest of Savannah; noted for golf tournaments.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Empire State Of The South, Ga, Georgia, Peach State

Definition of Augusta

1. Proper noun. A city in east central Georgia, USA also see Disgusta. ¹

2. Proper noun. The capital city of the state of Maine, USA ¹

3. Proper noun. (given name female from=Latin ), feminine of Augustus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Augusta

Aughton
Augie
Augmentin
Augsburg
Augsburg Confession
August 1
August 15
August 6
August F. Mobius
August Ferdinand Mobius
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann
August Strindberg
August Wilhelm von Hoffmann
August plum
Augusta (current term)
Augustan
Auguste Comte
Auguste Rodin
Augustin Eugene Scribe
Augustin Jean Fresnel
Augustine
Augustine of Hippo
Augustinian
Augustinian Canons
Augustinian Hermits
Augustinian order
Augustinianism
Augustinians
Augusts

Literary usage of Augusta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"I found General QA Gillmore, commanding Department of the South, at Hilton Head, on the evening of April thirtieth, and ordered him to send to Augusta at ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Yes, I am sure yon are right, sir ; Lady Augusta is one most likely to have ... You could give me a letter to Lady Augusta, whose influence, I believe, ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1889)
"Le 4 envoyé à Charleston relativement à l'arrivée de plusi. navires arrivés de New-York. Le 5 parti de l'habitation pour Augusta et je vins coucher л ..."

4. A History of Transportation in the Eastern Cotton Belt to 1860 by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1908)
"The branch from the Central of Georgia to Augusta had been in contemplation ... A meeting of citizens of Augusta in 1839 resolved: "That a close commercial ..."

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