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The Spanish word dolores is the plural form of dolor, meaning either sorrow or pain, which derives from the Latin dolor, which has the same meaning and which may ultimately stem from Proto-Indo-European *delh-, "to chop".
It is a short form of the Spanish name Dolores, meaning "sorrows", taken from one of the titles of the Virgin Mary: Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, or Our Lady of Sorrows. The term Lola is used as an affectionate or honorific term for an elderly woman (a grandmother) in the Philippines. (Synonyms include; lola, impo, lelang, mamang).
This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster or the American Heritage Dictionary follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter taw ( ת ) is transliterated as a 't' as opposed to an 's'.
Lola, Dolores Lolita ( / l ə ˈ l iː t ə / , / l ɒ l ˈ iː t ə / , or US : / l oʊ ˈ l iː t ə / ) [ 1 ] is a female given name of Spanish origin. It is the diminutive form of Lola , a hypocorism of Dolores [ citation needed ] , which means "sorrows" or "pains" in Spanish.
Our Lady of Sorrows venerated in Dolores, Quezon, Philippines. Our Lady of Sorrows is the patron saint of: people named Dolores, Dolorita, Lola and Pia. The Congregation of Holy Cross [30] Order of the Servants of Mary [31] Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows [32] Slovakia: 15 September is also a national public holiday [33]
The Annunciation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1850.. Maria was a frequently given name in southern Europe even in the medieval period. In addition to the simple name, there arose a tradition of naming girls after specific titles of Mary, feast days associated with Mary and specific Marian apparitions (such as María de los Dolores, María del Pilar, María del Carmen etc., whence the derived ...
"Lolita" is an English-language term defining a young girl as "precociously seductive." [1] It originates from Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita, which portrays the narrator Humbert's sexual obsession with and victimization of a 12-year-old girl whom he privately calls "Lolita", the Spanish nickname for Dolores (her given name). [2]
Dolores, Spanish for "pain; grief", most commonly refers to: Our Lady of Sorrows or La Virgen María de los Dolores Dolores (given name) , including list of people and fictional characters with the name