Augusta

Augusta is the name of several places:

• Augusta, Italy (Sicily)
• Augusta, Western Australia, Australia
• Augusta, Ontario, Canada
• North Augusta, Ontario, Canada
• South Augusta, Ontario, Canada
• Augusta, Arkansas, United States of America
• Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
• Augusta, Kansas, United States of America
• Augusta, Maine, United States of America
• Augusta, Michigan, United States of America
• Augusta, Missouri, United States of America
• Augusta, New York, United States of America
• North Augusta, South Carolina, United States of America
• Augusta, West Virginia, United States of America
• Augusta, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America

Other meanings:

• Augusta (plant)
• Augusta (beer), from Germany
• Lady Augusta, the cousin of Queen Victoria, who is the neighbour of The Richleighs of Tantamount in Barbara Willard's 1966 book of the same name.

Augusta, derived from Augustus the emperor, is also in the Latin names of some ancient towns:

• Augusta Perusia: Perugia
• Augusta Praetoria Salassorum: Aosta, Italy
• Augusta Taurinorum: Turin, Italy
• Augusta Treverorum: Trier, Germany
• Augusta Vindelicorum Augsburg, Germany
• Augusta Raurica: Kaiseraugst (Augst), Switzerland

See also: Latin names of European cities

The Italian helicopter manufacturer, that has developed commercial links with both Bell in the USA and Westland of Britain, is instead called Agusta.