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Adelaide is a city in South Australia.

Adelaide is also 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 (1880).

Adelaide may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Without surnames (in chronological order) 1.2 With surnames 2 Toponyms 3 Ships 4 Music 5 Other uses 6 See also

[edit] People

[edit] Without surnames (in chronological order)

• Adelaide of Italy (died 999), Saint Adelaide, wife of Otto the Great
• Adelaide of Aquitaine (died 1004)
• Adelaide of Susa (died 1091)
• Adelaide del Vasto (died 1118)
• Adélaide de Maurienne (1092–1154)
• Adelaide of Holland (1230–1284)
• Louise Marie Adélaïde Eugénie d'Orléans (1777–1847)
• 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 of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831–1909) Queen Consort of Miguel I of Portugal
• Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833–1897)
• Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835–1900)
• Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894–1924)
• Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (1914–1971)

[edit] With surnames

• Adelaide Hoodless (1858–1910), Canadian educational reformer
• Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes (1868–1947), English novelist
• Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864), English poet and philanthropist
• Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier (1777–1849), French literary and political figure
• Adelaide Kane (born 1990), Australian actress

[edit] Toponyms

Australia

• Adelaide, South Australia
  • Adelaide city centre
  • City of Adelaide, the South Australian local government area covering the city centre, North Adelaide and the parklands
  • Division of Adelaide, electorate in federal parliament of Australia
  • Electoral district of Adelaide, electorate in state parliament of South Australia
  • Adelaide Airport
  • Adelaide Railway Station
  • Adelaide Zoo
  • North Adelaide
  • Port Adelaide
• Adelaide River in Northern Territory
  • Adelaide River, Northern Territory, a town next to the river
• Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Queensland

Canada

• Adelaide, Ontario
• Adelaide Peninsula, Nunavut

Northern Ireland

• Adelaide railway station (Northern Ireland)

South Africa

• Adelaide, Eastern Cape

United States

• Adelaide Township, Bowman County, North Dakota

[edit] Ships

• Adelaide class frigate, class of Australian naval vessel
• HMAS Adelaide, one of several Australian naval vessels

[edit] Music

• "Adelaide" (Beethoven), a song for solo voice and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven
• "Adelaide", song by Paul Kelly from the album Gossip
• "Adelaide", song by the Old 97's from the album Drag It Up
• "Adelaide", song by Ben Folds
• "Adelaide", song by Anberlin from the album Cities
• "Adelaide", song by Aquarium
• "Adelaide's Lament", song by Frank Loesser
• Adélaïde Concerto, falsely attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, actually by Marius Casadesus
• 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

[edit] Other uses

• Adelaide Steamship Company, Australian company active 1875–1997; now named Residual Assco Group and delisted
• Bay Adelaide Centre, a tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

[edit] See also

• Queen Adelaide (disambiguation)
• City of Adelaide (disambiguation)
• Adelheid (disambiguation)
• Heidi (disambiguation)

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