Valentine

From Latin Valentinus, from valeō (“I am strong, healthy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvæləntaɪn/

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• Hyphenation: Val‧en‧tine

Valentine (countable and uncountable, plural Valentines)

1. Saint Valentine, a Christian martyr.
2. A unisex given name from Latin.
   1. A male given name from Latin in quiet but steady use since the 16th century.
   2. A female given name from Latin occasionally borrowed from French.
3. An English and Scottish surname derived from the male given name.
4. A placename:
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona.
      2. An unincorporated community in Johnson Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
      3. A historic neighbourhood of Kansas City, Missouri.
      4. A city, the county seat of Cherry County, Nebraska.
      5. A neighbourhood of Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
      6. A small town in Jeff Davis County, Texas, named for its founding date, Valentine's Day.
   2. A commune in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France.
   3. A suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

Valentine (plural Valentines)

1. Alternative letter-case form of valentine.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], signature H2, recto:

     To morrow is ſaint Valentines day, / All in the morning betime, / And a maide at your window, / To be your Valentine: […]

   • 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “The Simpsons (Classic): ‘I Love Lisa’ ”, in The AV Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 July 2016:

     Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the holiday yet again. For Ned, it’s another opportunity to prove his love for his wife. Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk.

• Levantine

• IPA^(key): /va.lɑ̃.tin/

Valentine f

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Valentin
2. Valentine (a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia)