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Augusta (Georgia) - Augusta as a personal name, Other meanings of Augusta

33°28N 81°58W, pop (2000e) 54 000. Seat of Richmond Co, E Georgia, USA, on the Savannah R; founded as a river trading post; established in 1735; changed hands many times during the War of Independence; state capital, 1786–95; housed Confederate powder works in the Civil War; airfield; railway; popular resort with a notable golf club; trade and industrial centre.

In Australia

Augusta, Western Australia Port Augusta, South Australia Shire of Augusta-Margaret River

In Canada

Augusta, Ontario North Augusta, Ontario South Augusta, Ontario

In Europe

Augusta alone Paphos, Cyprus Augusta (SR), Sicily, Italy Augusta pronomen Augusta Treverorum: Trier, Germany Augusta Vindelicorum: Augsburg, Germany Augusta Perusia: Perugia, Italy Augusta Praetoria Salassorum: Aosta, Italy Augusta Taurinorum: Turin, Italy Augusta Raurica: Kaiseraugst (Augst), Switzerland Augusta Traiana: Stara Zagora, Bulgaria Augusta cognomen Bracara Augusta: Braga, Portugal Emerita Augusta: Mérida, Spain Caesar Augusta: Zaragoza, Spain

In the United States of America

Augusta, Arkansas Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club, home of The Masters Tournament Augusta, Illinois Augusta, Kansas Augusta, Kentucky Augusta, Maine (capital city of Maine) Augusta, Michigan Augusta, Missouri Augusta, Montana Augusta, New York Augusta, New Jersey North Augusta, South Carolina Augusta, West Virginia Augusta, Wisconsin Augusta County, Virginia Augusta Township, Michigan Augusta Township, Minnesota

Augusta as a personal name

Augusta of Saxe-Weimar (1811–1890), German Empress Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921), German Empress Augusta of Denmark (1580–1639), Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp Augusta of Cambridge (1822–1916), Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772), later Princess of Wales Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales (1737-1813), later Duchess of Brunswick Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768-1840) Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (1797-1889), later Duchess of Cambridge "Lady Augusta", a character in Barbara Willard's novel The Richleighs of Tantamount Augusta (honorific): bestowed on females of the Imperial dynasties of Ancient Rome

Other meanings of Augusta

Augusta (plant) Augusta (beer), from Germany Historia Augusta, the Latin name of Augustan History, a half-mockumentary biography of the Roman Emperors of the 1st and 2nd century.

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