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English
Etymology
From Spanish Dolores.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dolores
- A female given name from Spanish.
- A town in the Cabañas department, El Salvador
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Dolores. Doublet of dores.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dolores f
- a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Dolores or Delores
Spanish
Etymology
From dolores (“sorrows”), shortened from María (de los) Dolores, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Sorrows".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doˈloɾes/
- Rhymes: -oɾes
- Syllabification: Do‧lo‧res
Proper noun
Dolores f
- a female given name from Old Spanish
- the letter D in the Spanish spelling alphabet
- A town in the Cabañas department, El Salvador
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Dolores, from dolores (“sorrow”), shortened from de los Dolores, epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Sorrows".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dolores (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔)
- several locations in the Philippines:
- Dolores (a municipality of Quezon, Philippines)
- Dolores (a municipality of Abra, Philippines)
- a female given name from Spanish