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Perdita

//ˈpɝdɪtə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A character in Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale.
  2. 2
    A moon of Uranus.
  3. 3
    A female given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    A woman who has fallen into prostitution. archaic

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin perdita (“lost woman”).

Etymology 2

Named after the daughter of Leontes and Hermione in William Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale; from Italian perdita (“loss”).

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