Evangeline

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
2/4/2020, 9:06 PM	Mike C	update #107
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/27/2015, 11:23 PM	Mike C	update #90
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage English

Pronounced Pron. /ɪ.ˈvæn.d͡ʒə.ˌlin/, /ɪ.ˈvæn.d͡ʒə.ˌlaɪn/

Meaning & History

Means "good news" from Greek εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἄγγελμα (angelma) meaning "news, message". It was (first?) used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his 1847 epic poem Evangeline [1][2]. It also appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as the full name of the character Eva.