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Dorinda

US/dɔːˈɹɪn.də/

Dorinda proper noun: a female given name from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Dorinda

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • Every child in the Square at once hurried and thrust and scrambled and pushed a way through the crowd, and in less than a minute Dinah and Dorinda were entirely surrounded by fifty or sixty boys and girls, all shouting […]1944, Eric Linklater, The Wind on the Moon

Origin of Dorinda

An 18th-century coinage from Dora or Dorothy, + -inda.

Words that rhyme with Dorinda

Questions about Dorinda

What does Dorinda mean?
Dorinda means a female given name from Ancient Greek.
What part of speech is Dorinda?
Dorinda is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dorinda?
Dorinda is pronounced /dɔːˈɹɪn.də/ (US).

Words near Dorinda in the dictionary

  1. doridid
  2. doridids
  3. dorids
  4. dories
  5. Dorin
  6. Dorinda
  7. Doring
  8. Dorings
  9. Dorion
  10. Dorions
  11. Doriot

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