Desdemona

See also: Desdémona

English

Alternative forms

• Disdemona

Etymology

Coined based on (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) + δαίμων (daímōn), hence "ill-fated, unfortunate".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛzdəˈmoʊnə/
• Hyphenation: Des‧de‧mo‧na

Proper noun

Desdemona

1. A character in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, the wife of Othello
2. (astronomy) An inner moon of the planet Uranus.
3. (astronomy) 666 Desdemona, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1908.

Antonyms

• Eudaimonia

Translations

character

• Esperanto: Dezdemono
• Finnish: Desdemona
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• Russian: Дездемона f (Dezdemona)

moon of Uranus

• Esperanto: Dezdemono
• Finnish: Desdemona
• French: Desdémone (fr)
• German: Desdemona f
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• Italian: Desdemona (it) m
• Malayalam: ഡെസ്ഡിമോണ (ḍesḍimōṇa)
• Russian: Дездемона f (Dezdemona)
• Spanish: Desdémona

main-belt asteroid

• Esperanto: Dezdemono
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