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Dore

Dore proper noun: a diminutive of the male given name Isidore.

Proper noun

Dore

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Isidore.
  2. A surname.
  3. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3181).
  4. A river in Herefordshire, England, which joins the River Monnow near Monmouth Cap; in full, the River Dore.

Origin of Dore

* As an English surname, from the noun dore (“kind of bumblebee”). * Also as an English surname, from the placename Dorr in Derbyshire or Herefordshire; see Dorr. Sometimes influenced or directly from the noun door. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Doghair (“descendant of Doghar”), a byname meaning "sadness" (compare dubhghrá, from dubh + grá). * As a French surname, from Old French doré (“golden”). Compare Dorais. * As a Hungarian surname, from the adjective dőre (“stupid, useless”).

Words formed from Dore

Words that rhyme with Dore

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Questions about Dore

What does Dore mean?
Dore means a diminutive of the male given name Isidore.
What part of speech is Dore?
Dore is a proper noun.

Words near Dore in the dictionary

  1. Dordevichs
  2. Dordogne
  3. Dordon
  4. Dordrecht
  5. dords
  6. Dore
  7. dorea
  8. doreas
  9. doree
  10. Doreen
  11. dorees

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