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Margaret may refer to:

People

• Margaret (name), with a list of people having this name

Places

• Margaret (moon), a moon of Uranus
• Margaret, Alabama, USA
• Margaret River, Western Australia
• Margaret Island, Budapest, Hungary
• Margaret Bridge, Budapest, Hungary
• Isla Margarita, Venezuela
• Margarita Island (Colombia)
• Marghita, Romania

Ships

• Margaret, Scottish warship
• Margaret (brig), English ship wrecked in 1803
• USS Margaret, the name of several U.S. Navy ships

Other uses

• Margaret, 1845 novel by American author Sylvester Judd
• Margaret (film), American drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan (yet to be released)
• Margaret (2009 film), BBC television film about Margaret Thatcher
• Margaret (magazine), Japanese shōjo manga magazine

See also

• Margareta
• Margarita

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology

From the name of a legendary third century saint, from Latin margarita from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margaritēs), “‘pearl’”).

Proper noun

Margaret

1. A female given name.

Related terms

Quotations

• 1590 William Shakespeare: First Part of King Henry the Sixth: Act V, Scene V (the closing lines):

  Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the king;

  But I will rule both her, the king, and realm.

• 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Cottage Names:

  Margaret, Marguerite - the pearl! the daisy! Oh name of romance and of minstrelsy, which brings the days of chivalry to mind, and the worship of flowers and ladies fair!

• 1868 Bentley's Miscellany, London. p.417:

  Amongst us English, the name is a greater favourite than with any other nation: but we have played upon it, and abused it oftener too. In no language does Margaret sound sweeter or homelier than in ours: not so Mag, Maggie, Meg, Madge, Moggie, Peg, Peggy, and abominable Piggy, of which abridgements only the two first are defensible.

Translations

See also

• Daisy
• Pearl
• marguerite

Anagrams

• Anagrams of aaegmrrt
• teragram

Estonian

Proper noun

Margaret

1. A female given name of modern usage, borrowed from English or shortened from Margareeta.

Norwegian

Alternative spellings

• Margareth

Proper noun

Margaret

1. A female given name borrowed from English, best used in the mid-twentieth century.