No. 2,049 in Russian
валентина
"Валентина" is a Russian female given name, equivalent to "Valentina" in English.
In a sentence
Валентина подарила нам книгу.
Valentina gave us a book.
In this sentence, 'Валентина' is used as a proper noun functioning as the subject, referring to a person's name.
На день Святого Валентина мы обмениваемся открытками.
On Valentine's Day, we exchange cards.
Here, 'Валентина' is part of a set phrase (Святого Валентина), referring to Saint Valentine.
Эта история о святом Валентине.
This story is about Saint Valentine.
In this context, 'валентине' is a grammatical form of 'Валентин', denoting Saint Valentine, in the prepositional case.
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