Margherita

[ mahr-guh-ree-tuh; Italian mahr-ge-ree-tah ]

noun

1. a female given name, Italian form of Margaret.

Example Sentences

One shopper, though, decided to inject more of a somber spark into Marks' demise, with 60-year-old Margherita Stevens donning a black hat and veil.

From BBC

Across the globe, in Naples, Italy, Queen Margherita placed what is now recognized first delivery pizza order from Pizzeria di Pietro e Basta Così in 1898; after the queen fell ill, the shop’s head chef, Raffaele Esposito personally brought a mozzarella and basil pie to her doorstep.

From Salon

The victims were named locally as 29-year-old Roberto, a butcher and the father of a two-year-old girl, and his aunt Margherita, 35, who had three children.

From BBC

Their specialty here is an electric blue margherita, but Novem Thu favours something darker.

From BBC

After two years of planning by Mayor Riccardo Selvatico of Venice, the city celebrated the silver wedding anniversary of King Umberto and Queen Margherita with the 1st International Art Exhibition of the City of Venice, opened on April 30, 1895.

From New York Times