Dora (name)
Encyclopedia
Dora is a female name of Greek
origin, derived from Dorothea or Theodora, meaning "God's Gift", from "δῶρον" (doron), "gift" + "θεός" (theos), "god". The earliest form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek do-ra, meaning "gift", written in Linear B
syllabic script.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
origin, derived from Dorothea or Theodora, meaning "God's Gift", from "δῶρον" (doron), "gift" + "θεός" (theos), "god". The earliest form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek do-ra, meaning "gift", written in Linear B
Linear B
Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, an early form of Greek. It pre-dated the Greek alphabet by several centuries and seems to have died out with the fall of Mycenaean civilization...
syllabic script.
People
- Dora AnastasiouDora AnastasiouDora Anastasiou is a beauty queen who won second place in the 2007 Miss Cyprus competition, which allowed her to represent Cyprus in Miss World 2007. She also competed in the Miss Tourism Queen International 2008 pageant. She did not place in either of those pageants. Dora has completed her...
(born 1988), Cypriot beauty queen - Dora BakoyannisDora BakoyannisDora Bakoyannis , born Theodora Mitsotaki , is a Greek politician. From 2006 to 2009 she was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, the highest position ever held by a woman in the Cabinet of Greece; she was also Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in...
(born 1954), Greek politician - Dora BryanDora BryanDora May Bryan OBE is an English actress of stage, film and television.-Early life:Bryan was born as Dora May Broadbent in Southport, Lancashire, England. Her father was a salesman and she attended Hathershaw County Primary School in Oldham, Lancashire...
(born 1924), British actress - Dora CarringtonDora CarringtonDora de Houghton Carrington , known generally as Carrington, was a British painter and decorative artist, remembered in part for her association with members of the Bloomsbury Group, especially the writer Lytton Strachey....
(1893-1932), British painter - Dora MaarDora MaarDora Maar was a French photographer, poet and painter, best known for being a lover and muse of Pablo Picasso.-Life:...
(1907-1997), French model and photographer - Dora Mavor MooreDora Mavor MooreDora Mavor Moore, OC was a Canadian actor, teacher and director who was a pioneer of Canadian theater.- Life :...
(1888-1979), Canadian actress - Dora PejačevićDora PejacevicDora Pejačević was a Croatian composer, a member of Pejačević noble family.-Biography:Dora Pejačević was born in Budapest, a daughter of Croatian ban Teodor Pejačević and Hungarian Countess Lilla Vay de Vaya, herself a fine pianist. Her mother gave her first piano lessons...
(1885-1923), Croatian composer - Dora RussellDora RussellDora Black, Lady Russell was a British author, a feminist and socialist campaigner, and the second wife of the eminent philosopher Bertrand Russell....
(1894-1986), British author