Penelope

Definitions: Penelope

Penelope

Noun

1. (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them.

2. A genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds).

Date "Penelope" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Penelope (4 syl.). The Web or Shroud of Penelope. A work "never ending, still beginning;" never done, but ever in hand. Penelop�, according to Homer, was pestered by suitors while her husband, Ulysses, was absent at the siege of Troy. To relieve herself of their importunities, she promised to make a choice of one as soon as she had finished weaving a shroud for her father-in-law. Every night she unravelled what she had done in the day, and so deferred making any choice till Ulysses returned, when the suitors were sent to the right-about without ceremony. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Penelope ("duck") is a character of the Odyssey, one of the two great epic poems (the other being the Iliad; both are attributed to Homer) of ancient Greek literature. Penelope is the wife of the main character, the king of Ithaca Odysseus (also known as Ulysses) and daughter of Icarius and his wife Eurynome. she waits twenty years for the final return of her husband from the Trojan War, while she has hard times in refusing marriage proposal from several princes (such as Agelaus, Irus and Amphinomus, led by Antinous) for four years since the fall of Troy (from the summer of 1182 to April 16, 1178 BCEE). For this reason, she is often regarded as a symbol of connubial fidelity.

When Odysseus returned, his dog recognised him. He disguised himself as an old beggar and saw that Penelope was faithful to him, pretending to weave a burial shroud (for they claimed he must be dead) and claiming she would choose one suitor when she finished. Every night she undid part of the shroud. Odysseus watched the suitors drink and take advantage of his family's hospitality, then took off his disguise and, with Telemachus, her son by Odysseus, killed them all save Medon, who had been polite to Penelope (the date of this event has been estimated to be April 16, 1178 BCEE, during a total eclipse of the Sun observed at Ithaca at midday meal). Alternatively, he (or Penelope at the prompting of Athena) challenged the suitors to an archery contest and killed them after winning. Penelope tested her husband's identity by telling a servant to move their bed. Odysseus protested that it could not be done since he had made the bed and knew that one of its legs was a living olive tree.

After Odysseus' death, she married his son by Circe, Telegonus, with whom she was the mother of Italus.

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
PENELOPE	English	Pan European network of environmental legislation observatories for planning,education and research	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Penelope

Synonym: genus Penelope (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inutility	Noun: inutility; uselessness; Adjective: inefficacy, futility; ineptitude, inaptitude; unsubservience; inadequacy; (insufficiency); inefficiency.; (incompetence); unskillfulness; disservice; unfruitfulness;(unproductiveness).; labor in vain, labor lost, labor of Sisyphus; lost trouble, lost labor; work of Penelope; sleeveless errand, wild goose chase, mere farce.
Noncompletion	Noun: noncompletion, nonfulfillment; shortcoming; incompleteness; drawn battle, drawn game; work of Penelope.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Penelope

English words defined with "Penelope": Anas penelope ♦ genus Penelope. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Penelope": Irus, Ithacensian Suitors ♦ Mirrors ♦ Patrick's Monument, Penfeather, Poorer than Irus ♦ Ulysses' Bow. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Penelope" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (Penelope), Swedish (Penelope).

Domain	Title
Books	Penelope Hobhouse's Natural Planting (reference) Penelope Jane: A Fairy's Tale (reference) Penelope Penguin the Incredibly Good Baby (reference) Penelope Penguin's Pancake Party (reference) Penelope Cruz 2003 Poster Calendar (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Penelope Hobhouse - The Art & Practice of Gardening: New Garden Ideas & Nurseries & Plant Collections Vol. 6 (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Penelope.Credit: Library of Congress.		Rich's department store, business in Knoxville, Tennessee. Penelope Penn.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Penelope Fitzgerald	If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips.
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"Penelope" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.63% of the time. "Penelope" is used about 293 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)	98.63%	289	17,124
Noun (singular)	0.68%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.34%	1	339,140
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.34%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	293	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Penelope" 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
Penelope	First name Female	13,000	771
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following table summarizes names related to "Penelope."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Pen	Female	English	Penelope
Pene	Female	English	Penelope
Penny	Female	English	Penelope
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1. Penelope, TX (town, FIPS 56672)
Location: 31.85839 N, 96.92908 W
Population (1990): 210 (102 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 76676
Country: USA

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Expressions: Penelope

Expressions using "Penelope": Anas penelope ♦ genus Penelope ♦ work of Penelope. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Penelope

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
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penelope cruz pic	56	gallery penelope pumpkin	12
penelope pitstop	44	hamtaro kylie owner penelope	12
penelope cruz wallpaper	42	cruz penelope sex	12
penelope cruz photo	37	penelope peril pitstop	12
cruise penelope	34	cuisine greek penelope	11
penelope cruz gallery	31	cruz nude penelope photo	11
penelope cruz nude pic	28	penelope lively	10
penelope cruz desnuda	22	biography of penelope cruz	10
jiminez penelope	21	penelope cruz movie	10
penelope cruz nude picture	19	cruise penelope tom	10
		cruz nue penelope	10
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Modern Translations: Penelope

Language		Translations for "Penelope"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Grua Besnike. (various references)

Bulgarian		Пенелопа. (various references)

Dutch		Penelope. (various references)

Esperanto		Penelopo. (various references)

French		Pénélope. (various references)

Greek		� ηνελόπη. (various references)

Hungarian		Pénelopé. (various references)

Pig Latin		enelopepay

Portuguese		Penélope (peneplain), Balancim (balance beam, rocker, rocker arm, valve rocker, yoke). (various references)

Russian		Пенелопа. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		penelopa. (various references)

Swedish		Penelope. (various references)

Vietnamese		người vợ chung thuỷ. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Penelope

Misspellings
	"Penelope" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Penepole. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Penelope"

Words rhyming with "Penelope" (pronounced 'Pe*nel"o*pe'): Aeroscope, AEthrioscope, Agrope, Albertype, Alethoscope, Altiscope, Ambrotype, Anamorphoscope, Anemoscope, Angioscope, Anorthoscope, Antelope, Antipope, Antitype, Apocope, Archetype, Aristotype, Artotype, Aslope, Asterope, Astroscope, Auriscope, Authotype, Autotype, Awhape, Baroscope, Bejape, Boltrope, Breastrope, By-wipe, Calliope, Calotype, Cantaloupe, Capape, Catpipe, Ceraunoscope, Cerotype, Cesspipe, Chape, Chemitype, Chromascope, Chromatoscope, Chromatrope, Chromatype, Chromotype, Chronoscope, Chrysotype, Clape, Collodiotype, Collotype. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Penelope

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-l-n-o-p-p"
	-2 letters: epopee, people.
	-3 letters: elope, leone, pelon.
	-4 letters: enol, epee, leno, lone, lope, neep, noel, nope, open, peel, peen, peep, pele, peon, pepo, plop, pole, pone, pope.
	-5 letters: eel, eon, lee, lop, nee, ole, one, ope, pee, pen, pep, pol, pop.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-l-n-o-p-p"
	+2 letters: newspeople.
	+5 letters: epileptogenic, epiphenomenal, preemployment.
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