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Beatrice may refer to:

People

• Beatrice (given name)
• Beatrix (fl. 4th century), one of Roman martyrs Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix
• Beatrice d'Este (1192–1226), Italian political-family member
• Beatrice of Savoy (1198–1266), Italian political-family member
• Beatrice of Nazareth (1200–1268), Flemish religious leader
• Beatrice of Portugal (disambiguation), Princesses of Portugal
• Beatrice (1266–1290), Beatrice Portinari, Italian acquaintance of Dante
• Beatritz de Dia (fl. late 12th century), French political-family member & musician
• Beatrix d'Ornacieux (c. 1240– c. 1308), French religious leader
• Queen Beatrice of Hungary (fl. late 15th century), aka Beatrix of Aragon, Italian born
• Beatrice de Coligny (born 1572), Countess d'Entremont
• Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857–1944)
• Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh, Saxe-Coburg, and Gotha (1884–1966)
• Beatrix of the Netherlands (born 1938), ruler
• Béatrice (fl. c. 2000), Béatrice Poulot, French singer from Réunion
• Princess Beatrice of York (born 1988)
• Beatrice Chirita (born 1976), Romanian model
• Beatrice "Tilly" Shilling, aeronautical engineer and motorcyclist

Fictional characters

• Beatrice, a soul in Dante's Divine Comedy who guides Dante out of Purgatory and through Heaven. This soul allegorically represents theology, but is based on a real person, Beatrice Portinari
• In plays:
  • Beatrice, in Much Ado About Nothing
  • Beatrice Carbone, in A View from the Bridge
• Beatrice Baudelaire
• Beatrice, in comic Gunslinger Girl
• Beatrice, witch in the doujin game Umineko no Naku Koro ni
• Beatrice Rappaccini, title character of short story "Rappaccini's Daughter"

Other uses

• Places:
  • United States:
    • Beatrice, Alabama
    • Beatrice, California
      • Beatrice, Humboldt County, California
      • Beatrice, Yolo County, California
    • Beatrice, Nebraska
  • Beatrice, Zimbabwe
• Companies:
  • Beatrice Foods
  • Beatrice International Models, agency based in Italy
• Beatrice (band)
• Beatrice (psychedelic), drug
• Titled expressive works:
  • "Beatrice", song from Sam Rivers's time with Blue Note
  • Beatrice (film), 1987
  • Beatrice (painting), 1960
• Ships:
  • MSC Beatrice

Beatrice Walldova

See also

• "Beatrijs", Dutch poem
• Saint Beatrice (disambiguation)
• Princess Beatrice (disambiguation)
• Beatrix (disambiguation)

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From Wikitravel

Beatrice is a city in Eastern Nebraska.

• Homestead National Monument, 8523 W. State Hwy. 4 (On Interstate I-80 near Lincoln, take exit 397 south onto the Homestead Expressway Highway 77, proceed south to Beatrice), ☎ 402-223-3514, [1]. Summer Season (Memorial Day to Labor Day) The visitor center and buildings are open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Fall, Winter and Spring Seasons (Labor Day to Memorial Day) The visitor center and buildings are open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. This monument is dedicated to the 1862 Homestead Act allowing settlers to free land in the American west provided that they maintain and improve the land. The monument was built at the first personal claim under the Homestead Act near Beatrice, Nebraska. The site offers interpretive exhibits, a tall-grass prairie and a new heritage center dedicated to the history of the Homestead Act Free.  edit

• Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 4005 N 6th Street, +1 402 228-7000, [2].

From Wikisource

Beatrice may refer to:

• Beatrice, a novel by H. Rider Haggard
• "Beatrice", a poem by James Russell Lowell
• "Beatrice", a poem by Sara Teasdale

From LoveToKnow 1911

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology

Latin Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix "she who makes happy".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɪətrɪs/, SAMPA: /"bI@trIs/

Proper noun

Beatrice

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Used in the Middle Ages and once again popular around 1900.

Quotations

• 1600, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act II:Scene II:

  I, with your two helps, will so practise on Benedick that , in despite of his quick wit and his queasy stomach, he shall fall in love with Beatrice.

• 1797 William Roscoe, The Life of Lorenzo di Medici, London 1797, Chapter II:

  Petrarca had his Laura, and Dante his Beatrice, but Lorenzo has studiously concealed the name of the sovereign of his affections.

• 2001 Anne Tyler, Alfred A. Knopf 2001, Back When We Were Grownups, ISBN 0375412530, page 132:

  "Seventeen years old - a senior in high school. Beatrice, her name is."

  Beatrice! Rebecca was struck dumb with admiration. Beatrice would be a female version of Tristram. Rebecca pictured her in a modest muslin dress from the nineteeth century, although she knew that was unlikely.

Translations

German

Proper noun

Beatrice

1. A female given name, Italian and English form of Beatrix.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌbeaˈtritʃɛ/

Proper noun

Beatrice

1. A female given name, equivalent of English Beatrice.

Swedish

Proper noun

Beatrice

1. A female given name of Latin origin, used since the 19th century.