Cordelia
English
Etymology
Shakespeare's spelling of a historical British name appearing as Cordeilla, etc., possibly derived from the Latin saint's name Cordula.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɔɹˈdili.ə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɔːˈdiːlɪə/
- Hyphenation: Cor‧de‧lia
Proper noun
Cordelia
- A female given name from Latin.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- What shall Cordelia do? Love, and be silent.
- 1995, Anne Tyler, Ladder of Years, Knopf, →ISBN, page 8:
- "I don't believe I've ever run into a Delia before." "Well, it's Cordelia, really. My father named me that." "And are you one?" "Am I one what?" "Are you your father's Cordelia?"
- (astronomy) A moon of Uranus
Cebuano
Italian
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾˈdelja/ [koɾˈð̞e.lja]
- Rhymes: -elja
- Syllabification: Cor‧de‧lia
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