Σταματία

Greek

Etymology

From σταματώ (stamató, “to stop”). Attested from the 16th century onward, it expressed a parental wish to ward off stillbirth or further female births in any subsequent pregnancies.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stamaˈtia/
  • Hyphenation: Στα‧μα‧τί‧α

Proper noun

Σταματία • (Stamatía) f

  1. a female given name

Declension
  Σταματία
case     \     number singular
nominative Σταματία •
genitive Σταματίας •
accusative Σταματία •
vocative Σταματία •
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