Dolores

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See also: dolores and Dolorès

English

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Etymology

From Spanish Dolores.

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Proper noun

Dolores

  1. A female given name from Spanish.
  2. A town in the Cabañas department, El Salvador

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Dolores. Doublet of dores.

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Proper noun

Dolores f

  1. 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

  1. a female given name from Old Spanish
  2. the letter D in the Spanish spelling alphabet
  3. 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".

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Proper noun

Dolores (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. several locations in the Philippines:
    1. Dolores (a municipality of Quezon, Philippines)
    2. Dolores (a municipality of Abra, Philippines)
  2. a female given name from Spanish