Penelope
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Translingual [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Penelope
References [edit]
- 2006, Gill, F. and Wright, M., Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276:
English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /pɨˈnɛləpij/
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek Πηνελόπη, possibly from πηνέλοψ (pēnelops), “duck”.
Proper noun [edit]
Penelope
- (Greek mythology) The faithful wife of Odysseus.
- ~1608 William Shakespeare: Coriolanus: Act I, Scene III:
- You would be another Penelope; yet, they say, all the yarn she spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca with moths.
- ~1608 William Shakespeare: Coriolanus: Act I, Scene III:
- A female given name.
- 2004 Alice Munro, Runaway:Stories, Knopf (2004), page 93:
- "What's her name?" He meant the baby's. "Penelope. We're never going to call her Penny. Penelope." - - - ""Oh. Well, it's Penelope Henderson - Porteous I guess. Or Porteous - Henderson. But maybe that's too much of a mouthful, when she's already called Penelope? We knew that we wanted Penelope. We'll have to settle it somehow."
- 2004 Alice Munro, Runaway:Stories, Knopf (2004), page 93:
Usage notes [edit]
- Popular given name in the U.K. in the 1950s and the 1960s.
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.
