Associations to the word «Amelia»

Wiktionary

AMELIA, proper noun. A female given name
AMELIA, noun. (pathology) The congenital absence of one or more limbs.
AMELIA ISLAND, proper noun. An island in Nassau County, Florida.

Dictionary definition

AMELIA, noun. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats