The Collaborative International Dictionary
Constantia \Con*stan"ti*a\ (? or ?), n. A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in South Africa.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 560
Land area (2000): 2.133689 sq. miles (5.526229 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008517 sq. miles (0.022058 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.142206 sq. miles (5.548287 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17893
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 43.250905 N, 76.001641 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 13044
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Constantia may refer to:
Constantia wyn (wine) is a South African dessert wine. It is made from Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains (Muscat de Frontignan) grapes grown in the district of Constantia, south of Cape Town. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it was widely exported to Europe. However, production of Constantia ceased in the late nineteenth century following the devastation of South African vineyards by the phylloxera epidemic. Production resumed at Klein Constantia in 1986, at Groot Constantia in 2003 and at Buitenverwachting in 2007.
Constantia is a serif typeface designed by John Hudson and commissioned by Microsoft. It is a transitional serif design, influenced by Eric Gill's Perpetua design. Development of the typeface began in 2003 and it was released in 2006.
Constantia is part of the ClearType Font Collection, a suite of fonts from various designers released with Windows Vista. All start with the letter C to reflect that they were designed to work well with Microsoft's ClearType text rendering system, a text rendering engine designed to make text clearer to read on LCD monitors. The other fonts in the suite are Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas and Corbel.
Constantia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 known species, all endemic to Brazil:
- Constantia australis (Cogn.) Porto & Brade - Santa Catarina
- Constantia cipoensis Porto & Brade - Minas Gerais
- Constantia cristinae F.E.L.Miranda - Minas Gerais
- Constantia gutfreundiana Chiron & V.P.Castro - Minas Gerais
- Constantia microscopica F.E.L.Miranda - Minas Gerais
- Constantia rupestris Barb.Rodr. - Rio de Janeiro
Usage examples of "constantia".
As his deportment was sober and honest, and his intentions harmless, he was always treated, by Constantia, with politeness, though his entrance always produced a momentary depression of her spirits.
The day on which her usual visit was paid, was the same with that on which Constantia sickened, but her coming was expected in vain.
In spite of redundance and obscurity in the style of the narrative, Constantia found in it powerful excitements of her sympathy.
The only friend that Constantia ever enjoyed, congenial with her in principles, sex and age, was at a distance that forbad communication.
To obviate future exigences, Constantia betook herself, once more, to the needle.
Dudley that still retained its dignity, the sedateness, graceful condescension and personal elegance of Constantia, were new to the apprehension of Ormond.
When questioned by Constantia, he answered that the gentleman had forbidden him to mention his name or the place where he lived.
The comparison was obvious between Constantia and Hellen, and the result was by no means advantageous to the latter.
It explained that solitude in which she lived, and which Constantia had ascribed to the death or absence of her husband.
They are letters from Constantia Dudley, and are parts of an intrigue which, considering the character of the man, was not much to her honor.
If Constantia surpassed others, it was not, because, her motives were pure, but, because, they possessed more of purty than those of others.
This was a point on which Constantia had ever been a vigorous disputant, but her arguments, in their direct tendency, would never have made a convert of this man.
An interview of this kind was seldom enjoyed, though earnestly wished for by Constantia, who was eager to renew the subject of her first conversation with Ormond.
Melbourne and his friend were induced by their respect for Constantia, to consent to this nomination.
The question will obviously occur, whether Constantia was sought by him, with upright or flagitious views.