"Desdemona" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌdɛzdəˈmoʊnə/ [US]
Etymology: Coined based on Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) + δαίμων (daímōn), hence "ill-fated, unfortunate". Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|δυσ-}} Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-), {{m|grc|δαίμων}} δαίμων (daímōn) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Desdemona
  1. Othello's wife in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, noted for being a victim of jealousy. Categories (topical): Fictional characters, William Shakespeare
    Sense id: en-Desdemona-en-name-t2xW3q4Z Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 78 5 17 Disambiguation of William Shakespeare: 89 3 8
  2. (astronomy) An inner moon of the planet Uranus. Categories (topical): Astronomy Categories (place): Moons of Uranus Translations (moon of Uranus): Dezdemono (Esperanto), Desdemona (Finnish), Desdémone (French), Desdemona [feminine] (German), Desdemona [masculine] (Italian), デズデモーナ (Dezudemōna) (Japanese), ഡെസ്ഡിമോണ (ḍesḍimōṇa) (Malayalam), Desdemona [feminine] (Polish), Дездемона (Dezdemona) [feminine] (Russian), Desdémona (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Desdemona-en-name-Pe~I0cPZ Disambiguation of Moons of Uranus: 10 58 32 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'moon of Uranus': 6 86 8
  3. (astronomy) 666 Desdemona, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1908. Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: Disdemona Translations (main-belt asteroid): Dezdemono (Esperanto), デズデモーナ (Dezudemōna) (Japanese), Desdemona [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Desdemona-en-name-6sIgLJVe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 28 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 20 67 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 20 19 61 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'main-belt asteroid': 2 18 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (character): Dezdemono (Esperanto), Desdemona (Finnish), Desdémone [feminine] (French), Desdemona [feminine] (Polish), Дездемона (Dezdemona) [feminine] (Russian)
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