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"DONA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the ruler of the world". |
Date "DONA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
Etymology: Dona \Do"[~n]a\, noun. [from Spanish expression do[~n]a. See Duenna.]. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DONA | English | Decentralized open network architecture | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Unbelief Doubt | Phrase: fronti nulla fides; nimium ne crede colori; "timeo Danaos et dona ferentes", beware of Greeks bearing gifts; credat Judaeus Apella; let those believe who may; ad tristem partem stenua est suspicio. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: DONA |
| Specialty definitions using "DONA": Greek Gift. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DONA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Catalan (wife, woman), Irish (bad, miserable, nasty, poor, unlucky; bad), Latin (bestow, forgive, gift, give, grant, offering, present), Occitan (gift, present), Portuguese (dame, proprietress), Romanian (donate, give, grant), Scottish (bad, evil, miserable, nasty, poor), Spanish (Dona). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Timeo Danaos et dona ferentis (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Die Sieben Affären der Dona Juanita (1973) Dona Violante Miranda (1960) O Dia da Dona de Casa (1933) Le Calvaire de Dona Pia (1925) Dona Inez de Castro (1909) | |
Song Titles | Dona Dona (performing artist: Theodore Bikel) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the invention of the transistor, co-inventors William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain being honored during the IEEE INTERCON in New York City. Each of the Nobel Laureates receiving a special gold medal dona. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | De la enfanta Dona Margarita de Austria. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dona Matilde Broughton Jaridenes. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Wife of rehabilitation client. Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Rehabilitation client and stallion obtained through rehabilitation loan. Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Opening gate leading from Rio Grande, conserving canal in order to irrigate field. Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Farmer of the Rio Grande Valley coming home from town. Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Irrigating a field. Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mexican rehabilitation client inside jacal. Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dones antifeixistes, la dona a la reraguarda us espera. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "05-dona" by Glòria Garcia Falcó Commentary: "Dona al llit." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "DONA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 91.11% of the time. "DONA" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 91.11% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.67% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Unclassified Items | 2.22% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "DONA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dona | First name Female | 14,000 | 752 |
| Dona | Last name | 300 | 26,642 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "DONA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the ruler of the world". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "DONA." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Dona | Female | English | Donna |
| Donald | Male | English | N/A |
| Donna | Female | English | Donald |
| Ladonna | Female | English | Donna |
| Donald | Male | Scottish | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "DONA": Dona Ana ♦ Dona Ana County ♦ Dona Vista. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "DONA": dona-a-a-ation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "DONA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Zonjë (able, Dame, gentlewoman, hostess, housekeeper, lady, ladyship, ma'am, madam, Madame, milady, missis, mistress, mrs.). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Мадама (Dame), Гадже (Dolly). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Nõszemély. (various references) | |
Korean | 귀부인. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onaday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | namorada (beloved, best girl, girl, girlfriend, inamorata, judy, ladylove, lass, loved one, lover, sweetheart, sweetie, sweety), mulher (a bit of skirt, cummer, female, jade, lady, ladylove, mate, old lady, person, petticoat, she, wife, woman). (various references) | |
Russian | Женщина (Judy), Возлюбленная (Valentine). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gospođa (donna, gentlewoman, lady, madam, madame, missis, missus, mrs., ms.). (various references) | |
Spanish | Dona. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Дона. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 11, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ametamelhta gar ta carismata kai h klhsiV tou qeou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sine paenitentia enim sunt dona et vocatio Dei |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Forþy Godes giefa and his aweccung sind unedhwierflice. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the yiftis and the cleping of God ben with outen forthenkyng. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For verely the gyftes and callynge of god are soche that it cannot repent him of them: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Romans Chapter 11, Verse 29 |
| Cebuano | Kay ang mga gasa ug ang pagtawag gikan sa Dios dili mabakwi. |
| Croatian | Ta neopozivi su dari i poziv Božji! |
| Danish | thi Nådegaverne og sit Kald fortryder Gud ikke. |
| Dutch | Want de genadegiften en de roeping Gods zijn onberouwelijk. |
| Finnish | Sillä ei Jumala armolahjojansa ja kutsumistansa kadu. |
| French | Car Dieu ne se repent pas de ses dons et de son appel. |
| German | Gottes Gaben und Berufung können ihn nicht gereuen. |
| Haitian Creole | Sa Bondye fè kado, li bay li nèt; li p'ap chanje lide lè l' fin rele yon moun. |
| Hungarian | Mert megbánhatatlanok az Istennek ajándékai és az õ elhívása. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab kalau Allah memilih orang dan memberkati orang itu, Allah tidak pernah menarik kembali apa yang telah dibuat-Nya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena Allah tiada menyesal akan segala karunia-Nya, dan akan panggilan-Nya itu. |
| Italian | perché i doni e la chiamata di Dio sono irrevocabili! |
| Korean | 하 나 님 의 은 사 와 부 르 심 에 는 후 회 하 심 이 없 느 니 라 |
| Latvian | Jo þçlastîbas dâvanas un aicinâjumu Dievs nenoþçlo. |
| Maori | I a te Atua homaitanga hoki, i tana karangatanga, kahore e puta ke te whakaaro. |
| Norwegian | for sine nådegaver og sitt kall angrer Gud ikke på. |
| Portuguese | Porque os dons e a vocação de Deus são irretratáveis. |
| Rumanian | Cqci lui Dumnezeu nu -I pare rqu de darurile wi de chemarea fqcutq. |
| Shuar | Kame Yus Amáa nuna ataksha ataatsui. Shuáran achiksha atak iniaiyatsui. |
| Spanish | porque los dones y el llamamiento de Dios son irrevocables. |
| Swahili | Maana Mungu akisha wapa watu zawadi zake na kuwateua, hajuti kwamba amefanya hivyo. |
| Swedish | Ty sina nådegåvor och sin kallelse kan Gud icke ångra. |
| Uma | Apa' ane Alata'ala mpopelihi pai' mpogane' tauna, uma nadii' nculii' gane' -na toe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DONA": donas, donate, donated, donates, donating, donation, donations, donative, donatives, donator, donators. (additional references) | |
Words containing "DONA": condonable, condonation, condonations, cotyledonary, odonate, odonates, pardonable, pardonableness, pardonablenesses, pardonably, unpardonable. (additional references) | |
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"DONA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aduna, Danza, Denda, Denna, Djoua, Dmna, doan, Doanh, Doba, doena, Dohnal, Doja, Donagh, Donar, Donau, donay, Donbas, Donja, Donm, Donnaj, Donnar, Donnay, Donou, Donzac, doona, doonan, Douniam, Dounray, Dubna, Dunai, Dunaj, Dunap, dunav, Dunfa, Dunja, Dyonas, Dyoni, Oona, Zdenka. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DONA" (pronounced dō"nu) |
| 3 | -ō" n u | corona, kimono, krona, krone, persona. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-n-o" | |
-1 letter: ado, and, don, nod. | |
-2 letters: ad, an, do, na, no, od, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-n-o" | |
+1 letter: adorn, adown, anode, danio, donas, donga, donna, gonad, honda, monad, nodal, nomad, radon. | |
+2 letters: abound, acnode, adjoin, adnoun, adonis, adorns, almond, anodal, anodes, anodic, around, atoned, bandog, candor, canoed, daemon, dahoon, daikon, daimon, dalton, damson, danios, deacon, dioxan, dognap, dolman, domain, donate, dongas, donnas, dopant, dragon, dynamo, fandom, fantod, ganoid, gonads, hadron, hagdon, hondas, inroad, jordan, ladino, ladron, lardon, loaned, moaned, monads, nomads, noyade, onward, ordain, pardon, radons, random, roband, rodman, soland, soldan, soudan, unload. | |
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