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Dorothea

Dorothea proper noun: a female given name from Ancient Greek, a Latinate variant of Dorothy.

Proper noun

Dorothea

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, a Latinate variant of Dorothy.

Origin of Dorothea

See Dorothy.

Questions about Dorothea

What does Dorothea mean?
Dorothea means a female given name from Ancient Greek, a Latinate variant of Dorothy.
What part of speech is Dorothea?
Dorothea is a proper noun.

Words near Dorothea in the dictionary

  1. doronicum
  2. doronicums
  3. Dorotea
  4. Doroteo
  5. Doroteos
  6. Dorothea
  7. Dorothea's wriggler
  8. Dorothei
  9. Dorotheus
  10. Dorotheuses
  11. Dorothy

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