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語源

From Italian donna. Doublet of dame and domina.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈdɒn.ə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈdɑ.nə/
• 韻: -ɒnə, -ɑnə

名詞

donna (plural donnas)

1. A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.

   Synonyms: lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman

   Coordinate term: don

   • 1837, Thomas Tod Stoddart, Angling reminiscences, page 65:

     What are the songs of Italy, sung as they are by the donnas of the scenic board, but a replication of squalls and quavers, infinitely more annoying than the gibberish of crones […]

   • 2005, Burton D. Fisher, Mozart's Don Giovanni, page 22:

     In Don Giovanni's three female characters, the diverse spectrum of womanhood is rendered complete: the great opera seria character of the avenging Donna Anna, the sentimental and spurned Donna Elvira, and the crafty but sympathetic peasant girl Zerlina.

関連する語

• donna angelica

アナグラム

• Nando, Andon, Danno, andon, nonda, nonad