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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Dīdōnem.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Didon f
- Dido (legendary foundress and queen of Carthage)
Latin
Etymology
Presumably from an Doric (and also Boeotian) accusative which ends in -ών (-ṓn), or representing the archaic pronunciation, /diː.do᷇ːn/, of the Ancient Greek Δῑδοῦν (Dīdoûn); compare the regularly Romanised Dīdūn, which represents the Ancient Greek etymon’s first-century-BC Koine pronunciation, /diˈdun/.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dīdōn f
- accusative of Dīdō