Evangeline
Classic feminine name
Evangeline is a feminine given name meaning "bearer of good news," from the Greek for gospel.
The name gained currency after Longfellow's 1847 narrative poem about an Acadian woman separated from her beloved during the British expulsion from Nova Scotia.
It suggests romantic tragedy and steadfast devotion: She waited for him like Evangeline.
American nineteenth-century poet
- poemMetrical literary composition
- AcadianFrench colonial Maritime settler
- GabrielHebrew name meaning divine strength
- exileBanishment from homeland
epic · heroine · narrative · verse · romanticism · tragedy · separation · reunion
Gulf Coast pelican state
- CajunLouisiana's French descendants
- Nova ScotiaEastern Canadian maritime province
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
French · exile · heritage · bayou · culture · ancestry · displacement · New Orleans
Gulf Coast pelican state
- parishLocal church community
- townMid-sized settlement
- oakQuercus genus member
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
memorial · pilgrimage · monument · tourism · landmark · commemoration · park · historic
Longfellow
American nineteenth-century poet
- poemMetrical literary composition
- AcadianFrench colonial Maritime settler
- GabrielHebrew name meaning divine strength
exile · epic · heroine · narrative · verse · romanticism · tragedy · separation · reunion · beloved
Louisiana
Gulf Coast pelican state
- CajunLouisiana's French descendants
- Nova ScotiaEastern Canadian maritime province
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
diaspora · French · exile · heritage · bayou · culture · ancestry · displacement · New Orleans · Acadiana
Louisiana
Gulf Coast pelican state
statue · memorial · pilgrimage · monument · tourism · landmark · commemoration · park · historic · destination
feminine
Pertaining to women
bearer · namesake · vintage · elegant · classical · revival · literary · romantic · angelic · saintly
gospel
Sacred choral tradition
witness · missionary · testament · devotion · spiritual · biblical · holy · apostolic · preacher · believer
- LongfellowHiawatha, Excelsior, Christus, The Lighthouse, Hyperion
- PoemsThe Raven, Ozymandias, Invictus, Paradise Lost, Beowulf
- Greek NamesAlexander, Alexandra, Anastasia, Andreas, Athena
- elegant namesVictoria, Arabella, Genevieve, Josephine, Anastasia
- American PoetryWalt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes
- Cajun Culturebayou, boudin, crawfish, etouffee, gumbo
EvangelineElizabeth Bennet
Cinderella · Scheherazade · Portia · Beatrice · Pamela
- door-to-door evangelismResidential religious canvassing
- television evangelistBroadcast religious minister
- tv evangelistMinister who broadcasts sermons
- evangelical churchCongregation emphasizing biblical authority
- evangelical churchesProtestant bodies stressing conversion
- TV evangelismFaith promotion on television
evangelist, evangelical, evangelism, evangelize, evangelistic, evangelists, evangelizing, evangelization, evangelized