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Dorothy
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English
Etymology
en :lbor grc:Δωροθέα 1 +
Pronunciation
en /ˈdɒɹ.ə.θi/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dorothy.wav Southern England
en /ˈdɔɹ.ə.θi/ /ˈdɔɹ.θi/ GA
en /ˈdɑɹ.ə.θi/ NYC
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek.
II iv [D4] 37 Piſt[ol]. Then, to you miſtris Dorothy, I will charge you. / Doro[thy]. Charge me? I ſcorne you, ſcuruy companion:
38 "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."
en 1990 w:Russell Baker There's a Country in My Cellar Morrow 0688095984 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
en Dorothy Dixer doll Dorothy dollar Dorothy door Dorothy bag Dorothy Crater friend of Dorothy
Related terms
en pet forms Dodie Doll Dolly Dot Dottie
en variants Dora Doreen Dorothea Thea
Translations
female given name
Abenaki: abe Toloti
Armenian: hy Դորոթեա
Bulgarian: bg Доротея f, bg Дороти f English transliteration
Catalan: ca Dorotea
Cherokee: chr ᏙᎶᏘ, chr ᏙᏉᏘ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 多蘿西 Duōluóxī, cmn 多羅德 Duōluódé Catholic
Czech: cs Dorota f
Danish: da Dorthea, da Dorte, da Dorthe
Esperanto: eo Doroteo
Estonian: et Tiiu
Faroese: fo Dorotea f, fo Dortea f, fo Durita f, fo Duruta f, fo Tea f
Finnish: fi Tea, fi Teija
French: fr Dorothée f
Galician: gl Dorotea
German: de Dorothea f
Greek: el Δωροθέα f
Hungarian: hu Dorottya
Inuktitut: iu ᑑᕈᑎ
Italian: it Dorotea f
Japanese: ja ドロテア Dorotea, ja ドロシー Doroshī
Latin: la Dorothea f
Latvian: lv Doroteja f
Lithuanian: lt Dorotėja f
Polish: pl Dorota f
Portuguese: pt Doroteia f
Russian: ru Дороте́я f, ru До́роти f transliteration
Spanish: es Dorotea f
Swedish: sv Dorotea
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Dorothy 1 +
Pronunciation
Dóroty
Proper noun
Dórothý doroti
tl female English