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Dore

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Isidore.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3181).
  4. 4
    A river in Herefordshire, England, which joins the River Monnow near Monmouth Cap; in full, the River Dore.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun dore (“kind of bumblebee”). * Also as an English surname, from the placename Dorr in Derbyshire or Herefordshire; see Dorr. Sometimes influenced or directly from the noun door. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Doghair (“descendant of Doghar”), a byname meaning "sadness" (compare dubhghràdh, from dubh + gràdh). * As a French surname, from Old French doré (“golden”). Compare Dorais. * As a Hungarian surname, from the adjective dőre (“stupid, useless”).

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