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Origin of the name URSULA.
Etymology of the
name URSULA.
Meaning of the baby name URSULA.
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URSULA.
Feminine form of Latin Ursus,
meaning "bear." Usage: America, England, Latin, Portugal
(Úrsula).
An old myth of the little bear
and the stars seems to have been turned into the legend of Cologne, of Ursula, the Breton maiden who, on her way to her betrothed British
husband, was shipwrecked on the German coast, and slain by Attila, King of
the Huns, with 11,000 virgin companions. Some say that the whole
11,000 rose out of the V. M. for virgin martyr; others give her one
companion, named Undecimilla
(q.v.), and suppose that this was translated into the 11,000. Skulls and
bones, apparently from an old cemetery, are shown at Cologne, and their
princess's name has been followed by various ladies. (Yonge)
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