English

Proper noun

Dora

1. A female given name.
   • 1856 Margaret Agnes Paull, Dorothy: A Tale, B. Tauchnitz (1857), page 63:

     "I think," said Robert, after waiting in vain for his cousin to speak, "that I shall call you Dorothy. It is a much prettier name than Dora."

     "No, thank you," said Dorothy, quickly; "Dora is good enough for the common purposes of life."

Usage notes

• Popular as a formal given name in the end of the 19th century.

Anagrams

• orad
• road

Czech

Proper noun

Dora f

1. A pet form of the female given name Dorota.

Danish

Proper noun

Dora

1. A female given name, cognate to English Dora.

Faroese

Proper noun

Dora f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Dora: Doruson
• daughter of Dora: Dorudóttir

Declension

German

Proper noun

Dora

1. A female given name, cognate to English Dora.

French

Verb

dora

1. third-person singular past historic of dorer

Anagrams

• roda, rôda

Italian

Verb

dora

1. third-person singular present of dorare
2. second-person singular imperative of dorare

Anagrams

• ardo, darò, orda, rado, roda

Japanese

Romanization

dora

1. rōmaji reading of どら

Old English

Noun

dora m

1. bumblebee

Declension

Descendants

• dor
• dumbledore
• dorbeetle
• dorfly, dorrfly

Spanish

Verb

dora

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of dorar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dorar.