Gloriana Pellissier is an Italian ski mountaineer and mountain runner.
― Anonymous User 5/22/2023
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Gloriana Ranocchini (1957 – 1993) was a Sammarinese politician. She was Captain Regent of San Marino from 1 April 1984 to 1 October 1984 and 1 October 1989 to 1 April 1990. She also founded the Sammarinese Oncological Association. She is remembered as one of the most prominent female figures of San Marino and the protagonist of the reform of Sammarinese family law.
― Anonymous User 5/22/2023
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This is my name! My parents liked it because I have two relatives named Gloria and Ana and this name is a combination of the two. I've only ever met one other person with this name though.
The page says that Gloria first appeared in 1891, Gloriana in 1590. Gloriana preceded Gloria by 300 yeas! So how can Gloriana be an elaboration of the name Gloria? I think it would be more accurate to say that Gloriana is an elaboration of the Latin word for glory and that Gloria was a later shortening of Gloriana. [noted -ed]
The 16th century English poet Edmund Spenser gave this name to a character representing Queen Elizabeth I in the poem 'The Faerie Queen' and it became a popular name for her. After the defeat of the Spanish Armada the troops greeted Queen Elizabeth I with cries of Gloriana, Gloriana, Gloriana!