Editing Beatrix (section)

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{{Infobox given name
| name = Beatrix
| image=Beatrix Potter by King cropped.jpg
| imagesize=
| caption=[[Beatrix Potter]]
| pronunciation= Bee-trix
| gender = Female
| region =
| origin =
| related names = [[Bea (given name)|Bea]], [[Beata]], [[Beate]], [[Beatrice (given name)|Beatrice]], [[Béatrice]], [[Beatriz]]
| footnotes =
|image_size=200|nickname=Trix, [[Trixie (disambiguation)|Trixie]]|derivative=From Latin "beatus"|languageorigin=[[Latin]]|short forms=Bea, Bee|anglicisation=Beatrice|meaning=Voyager, Traveller}}
'''Beatrix''' is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from ''Viatrix'', a feminine form of the [[Late Latin]] name ''Viator'' which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word ''beatus'' or "blessed".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/beatrix|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Beatrix|last=Campbell|first=Mike|website=Behind the Name|access-date=2017-11-27}}</ref> It is pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|iː|ə|t|r|ɪ|k|s}} {{respell|BEE|ə|triks}} in British English<ref name=oxford>[http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/beatrix-potter?q=Beatrix Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary]</ref><ref name=hjs>http://howjsay.com/pronunciation-of-beatrix-potter# {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007070004/http://howjsay.com/pronunciation-of-beatrix-potter |date=2017-10-07 }} Howjsay.com</ref> and the same<ref name=lpd>[[Longman Pronunciation Dictionary]]</ref> or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|iː|t|r|ɪ|k|s}} {{respell|BEE|triks}} in North American English.<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/beatrix Collins Dictionary]</ref><ref name=usoxford>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171007021351/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/beatrix Oxford Online Dictionaries]</ref> Another North American English pronunciation however approximates that of most other languages: {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|eɪ|ə|t|r|ᵻ|k|s}} {{respell|BAY|ə|triks}}, as shown by US dictionary entries for the [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|former queen of the Netherlands]].<ref name=ahd>[https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Beatrix American Heritage Dictionary]</ref><ref name=mw>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Beatrix Merriam-Webster Dictionary]</ref><ref name=rh>[http://dictionary.infoplease.com/Beatrix Random House Dictionary]</ref> <!-- This is POV and unverifiable, as sources contradict your experience: The UK dictionaries incorrectly report US pronunciation of the foreign name by reporting only the less common use of the normal US pronunciation for Beatrix of the Netherlands and other non-English people <ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/beatrix Collins Dictionary]</ref><ref name=usoxford>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171007021351/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/beatrix Oxford Online Dictionaries]</ref> -->

Common forms of this name include [[Beatrice (given name)|Beatrice]] in English and Italian,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Beatrice|title = Beatrice &#124; Origin and meaning of the name beatrice by Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref> [[Béatrice]] in French, [[Beatriz]] in Spanish and Portuguese,<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/beatriz Behindthename.com]</ref> [[Beate]] in German, and [[Beata]] in Polish and Swedish. Common short forms are [[Bea (given name)|Bea]] and [[Trixie (disambiguation)|Trixie]]. See [[Beatrice (given name)|Beatrice]] for other derivatives.