Desdemona

See also: Desdémona

English

Alternative forms

Disdemona

Etymology

Coined based on Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) + δαίμων (daímōn), hence "ill-fated, unfortunate".

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /dɛzdɛmoʊnə/
Hyphenation: Des‧de‧mo‧na

Proper noun

Desdemona

A character in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, the wife of Othello
(astronomy) An inner moon of the planet Uranus.
(astronomy) 666 Desdemona, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1908.

Antonyms

Eudaimonia

Translations

character

Esperanto: Dezdemono
Finnish: Desdemona

Russian: Дездемона f (Dezdemona)

moon of Uranus

Esperanto: Dezdemono
Finnish: Desdemona
French: Desdémone (fr)
German: Desdemona f

Italian: Desdemona (it) m
Malayalam: ഡെസ്ഡിമോണ (ḍesḍimōṇa)
Russian: Дездемона f (Dezdemona)
Spanish: Desdémona

main-belt asteroid

Esperanto: Dezdemono

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