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Donna

//ˈdɑ.nə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Italian.

    ""Did you ever know a lady named Miss May-rant? With a funny sort of first name, like Donna? Yes, that is it - Miss Donna May-rant.""

  2. 2
    A surname from Italian.
  3. 3
    A city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, named after postmistress Donna Fletcher.
Noun
  1. 1
    A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.

    "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[…]"

  2. 2
    an Italian woman of rank wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian donna. Doublet of dame and domina.

Etymology 2

A 19th-century invention from the Italian noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian Donna.

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