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Adelaide is the English form of a Germanic given name, from Old High German Adalheidis "nobility".
The name Addie is a diminutive of Adelaide. French: Adélaïde or Adélaide; the modern German form is Adelheid. Heidi, a nickname for Adelheid, became internationally popular on its own as a result of Johanna Spyri's novel Heidi (1881).
- People
- Adelaide of Italy (d. 999), Saint Adelaide, wife of Otto the Great
- Adelaide of Aquitaine (d. 1004)
- Adelaide of Susa (d. 1091)
- Adelaide del Vasto (d. 1118)
- Adélaide de Maurienne (1092–1154)
- Adelaide of Holland (1230–1284)
- Louise Marie Adelaide Eugènie d'Orléans (1777–1847)
- Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier (1777–1849)
- Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792–1849), Queen Consort of William IV of the United Kingdom, after whom the City of Adelaide, South Australia, was named
- Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864)
- Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833–1897)
- Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835–1900)
- Adelaide Hoodless (1858–1910)
- Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes (1868–1947)
- Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894–1924)
- Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (1914–1971)
- Toponyms
- Adelaide, South Australia
- City of Adelaide, local government area of South Australia
- Division of Adelaide, electorate in federal parliament of Australia
- Electoral district of Adelaide, electorate in state parliament of South Australia
- Adelaide Railway Station
- Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Adelaide Township, Bowman County, North Dakota, United States
- Adelaide, Ontario, Canada
- Adelaide Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada
- Adelaide River in Northern Territory, Australia
- Adelaide River, Northern Territory, a town next to the river
- Adelaide railway station (Northern Ireland)
- Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Ships
- Adelaide class frigate, class of Australian naval vessel
- HMAS Adelaide, one of several Australian naval vessels
- Music
- Adelaide (Beethoven), by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Adélaïde Concerto, falsely attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, actually by Marius Casadesus
- "Adelaide", song by Old 97's
- "Adelaide", song by Frank Loesser
- "Adelaide", song by Ben Folds
- "Adelaide", song by Anberlin
- "Adelaide", song by Aquarium
- Adélaïde ou le langage des fleurs, a 1912 ballet version of Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (Ravel)
- Adelaide, opera by the 18th Century composer Nicola Porpora
- Adelaide (opera), by Antonio Sartorio
- Other
- Bay Adelaide Centre, a tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
See also
- Queen Adelaide (disambiguation)
- City of Adelaide (disambiguation)
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