ISABELLA

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• ISABELLA (noun)
  The noun ISABELLA has 1 sense:

1. the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)

  Familiarity information: ISABELLA used as a noun is very rare.

• ISABELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Isabella; Isabella I; Isabella the Catholic; Queen Isabella

Instance hypernyms:

female monarch; queen; queen regnant (a female sovereign ruler)

 Context examples 

My dear Isabella, I have not heard you make one inquiry about Mr. Perry yet; and he never forgets you.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The others are very much admired too, but I believe Isabella is the handsomest.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Isabella was very sure that he must be a charming young man, and was equally sure that he must have been delighted with her dear Catherine, and would therefore shortly return.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

As for Isabella, she has been married long enough to see the convenience of putting all the Mr. Westons aside as much as she can.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

They met by appointment; and as Isabella had arrived nearly five minutes before her friend, her first address naturally was, My dearest creature, what can have made you so late?

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Papa, if you speak in that melancholy way, you will be giving Isabella a false idea of us all.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

My dear Isabella, I am sure there must be Laurentina's skeleton behind it.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

She was quick in feeling the little injuries to Isabella, which Isabella never felt herself.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

My dear Isabella, how was it possible for me to get at you?

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

“And do you see her, sir, tolerably often?” asked Isabella in the plaintive tone which just suited her father.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)