Dorothy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The English form of Latin Dorothea, the name of a legendary (and possibly fictitious) saint, from Ancient Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa), from δῶρον (dôron, “gift”) + θεός (theós, “god”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒɹəθi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɔɹəθi/
- (NYC) IPA(key): /ˈdɑɹəθi/
Proper noun[edit]
Dorothy
- A female given name.
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iv]:
- Pistol. Then to you, Mistress Dorothy; I will charge you. / Doll Tearsheet. Charge me! I scorn you, scurvy companion.
- 1900 Lyman Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 3:
- "My name is Dorothy," said the girl, " and I am going to the Emerald City to ask the Great Oz to send me back to Kansas."
- 1990 Russell Baker, There's a Country in My Cellar, Morrow, →ISBN, page 418:
- Don't you think the world has gone steadily downhill ever since parents stopped naming their children Lucy and Dorothy and started naming them Samantha?
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
female given name
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Dorothy.
Proper noun[edit]
Dorothy
- A female given name
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- English terms with quotations
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog given names
- Tagalog female given names
- Tagalog female given names from English
