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Erisnimi
- (Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
- A surname.
- An ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
- An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
- (astronomy) 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
Substantiivi
- (British, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
- (British, slang) A woman, especially when older or unattractive.
Adjektiivi
- (Cockney rhyming slang) gay
Esimerkit
- And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.
- "My Doris—may I call you that, dearest?"
- "Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, call me Lalage, or Doris—only call me thine," I should have answered, if it had not been a little too sentimental.… I am afraid I omitted to state, in the proper place, that Doris is a name which has descended through a dozen generations of our family, that it belongs to myself as well as to my niece…
- I've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myrtle.
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