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Isabella

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Is`a`bel´la
n.1.A brownish yellow color.
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Noun1.Isabella - the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)
Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic, Queen Isabella
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The others are very much admired too, but I believe Isabella is the handsomest.
Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context
Her sister, though comparatively but little removed by matrimony, being settled in London, only sixteen miles off, was much beyond her daily reach; and many a long October and November evening must be struggled through at Hartfield, before Christmas brought the next visit from Isabella and her husband, and their little children, to fill the house, and give her pleasant society again.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
Isabella - I believe she is eleven, a year younger than Cathy - lay screaming at the farther end of the room, shrieking as if witches were running red-hot needles into her.
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