donna
see also: Donna
Pronunciation Noun
Donna
Pronunciation Proper noun
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see also: Donna
Pronunciation Noun
donna (plural donnas)
- A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
- 1837, Thomas Tod Stoddart, Angling reminiscences (page 65)
- What are the songs of Italy, sung as they are by the donnas of the scenic board, but a replication of squalls and quavers, infinitely more annoying than the gibberish of crones […]
- 2005, Burton D. Fisher, Mozart's Don Giovanni, page 22
- In Don Giovanni
's three female characters, the diverse spectrum of womanhood is rendered complete: the great opera seria character of the avenging Donna Anna, the sentimental and spurned Donna Elvira, and the crafty but sympathetic peasant girl Zerlina.
- In Don Giovanni
- Synonyms: lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman
- Coordinate term: don#English|don
- 1837, Thomas Tod Stoddart, Angling reminiscences (page 65)
- Italian: donna
Donna
Pronunciation Proper noun
- A female given name.
- 1914 Mary McNeil Fenollosa, Ariadne of Allan Water, Burt, 1914, page 30:
- "Did you ever know a lady named Miss May-rant? With a funny sort of first name, like Donna? Yes, that is it - Miss Donna May-rant."
- 1958 Ritchie Valens Donna ( a song) :
- I had a girl / Donna was her name. / Since she left me / I've never been the same.
- 1914 Mary McNeil Fenollosa, Ariadne of Allan Water, Burt, 1914, page 30:
- Russian: До́нна
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