Clorinda

English

Etymology

From Italian Clorinda.

Proper noun

Clorinda

1. A female given name from Italian, of rare usage.
   • 1929 November 10, “Season Is On for Debuts: Parties in the City Begin This Week in Earnest”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Mrs. John Mead Howells has sent out invitations for a luncheon Wednesday at Pierre's for Miss Clorinda York, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. York of The Hill, Stonington, Conn. and Princeton.

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   • 1965 December 19, “Robert Lawson, 65, Expert on Knitwear Manufacture”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Surviving are his widow, the former Marion Bristol: 3 sons, John B., Dr. Walter R. and Edgar H.; 2 daughters, Mrs. Clorinda A. L. Kirkman and Mrs. Dorothy L. Brindley; a sister, and 15 grandchildren.

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   • 1981 October 3, William Claiborne, “U.S. Settlers in Palestine 100 Years Ago”, in The Washington Post‎^[3], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 February 2026:

     The first American colony in Palestine was established by a Philadelphia matron, Clorinda S. Minor, who apparently was influenced by an apocalypse-preaching movement called the Millerites, according to Mordechai Naor, an Israeli historian who has written 16 books on Palestine and is writing another on the American colonies here.

Italian

Proper noun

Clorinda f

1. a female given name

Anagrams

• Licandro, condrali