Penelope

Penélope Penelopè Penelopë Translingual right|thumb|Penelope jacquacu species Etymology From mul grc πηνέλοψ duck. Proper noun 1 f genus family Cracidae typical guans, 65 to 95 cms in length, of the Neotropics Hypernyms genus ; Penelopinae subfamily subfamily Hyponyms genus Penelope albipennis species (white-winged guan), Penelope argyrotis species (band-tailed guan), Penelope barbata species (bearded guan), Penelope dabbenei species (red-faced guan), Penelope jacquacu species (Spix's guan), Penelope jacucaca species (white-browed guan), Penelope marail species (Marail guan), Penelope montagnii species (Andean guan), Penelope obscura species (dusky-legged guan), Penelope ochrogaster species (chestnut-bellied guan), Penelope ortoni species (Baudo guan), Penelope perspicax species (Cauca guan), Penelope pileata species (white-crested guan), Penelope purpurascens species (crested guan), Penelope superciliaris species (rusty-margined guan) species Derived terms Penelopina genus References Penelope (genus) 1 Penelope (bird) mul Birds English Etymology From en grc Πηνελόπη, possibly from grc πηνέλοψ duck. Pronunciation en /pɪˈnɛləpi/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Penelope.wav Southern England Proper noun en Greek mythology The faithful wife of Odysseus. I III You would be another Penelope; yet, they say, all the yarn she spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca with moths. en female Ancient Greek. en 1967 w:Joan G. Robinson When Marnie Was There 194 HarperCollins 2014 978-0-00-759135-0 "She's a sort of pretend auntie - an old friend of Mummy's. Her real name's Miss Penelope Gill but we always call her Gillie.""Don't you ever let her hear you calling her Penelope!" said Mrs Lindsay, laughing. "She hates the name, though really I can't see why. I suppose it wasn't so fashionable when she was young." en 2004 w:Alice Munro Runaway:Stories 93 Knopf "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." en town s/Texas. Usage notes Popular given name in the U.K. in the 1950s and the 1960s. Derived terms en Penelopean penelopize en Pen, en Penny Translations wife of Odysseus Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 佩涅洛佩 Pèinièluòpèi, cmn 潘妮洛碧 Pānnīluòbì, cmn 潘妮洛普 Pānnīluòpǔ French: fr Pénélope German: de Penelope f Greek: el Πηνελόπη f Ancient Greek: grc Πηνελόπη f Hebrew: he פנלופה f Italian: it Penelope f Korean: ko ^페넬로페 Polish: pl Penelopa f Portuguese: pt Penélope f Spanish: es Penélope f female given name Arabic: ar بِينِيلُوبِي bīnīlōbi Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 佩涅洛佩 Pèinièluòpèi, cmn 潘妮洛碧 Pānnīluòbì, cmn 潘妮洛普 Pānnīluòpǔ French: fr Pénélope Polish: pl Penelopa f Spanish: es Penélope f References Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001. Italian it: Etymology From the it grc Πηνελόπη. Pronunciation Penèlope Proper noun f it Greek mythology en Penelope it female Latin Etymology la Pēnelopē :der grc:Πηνελόπη + 1 Pronunciation Pēnelopē Proper noun Pēnelopē<1> Penelope, wife to Odysseus, mother to Telemachus, and daughter of Icarius and Peribaea Declension Pēnelopē<1> References