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ˌdɛz dəˈmoʊ nədes·de·mon·a
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Desdemona
Desdemona () is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello (c. 1601–1604). Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a Moorish Venetian military prodigy. When her husband is deployed to Cyprus in the service of the Republic of Venice, Desdemona accompanies him. There, her husband is manipulated by his ensign Iago into believing she is an adulteress, and, in the last act, she is murdered by her estranged spouse. The role has attracted notable actresses through the centuries and has the distinction of being the first role performed professionally by Margaret Hughes, the first actress to appear on an English public stage.
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Desdemona
Desdemona is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello. Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a man several years her senior. When her husband is deployed to Cyprus in the service of the Republic of Venice, Desdemona accompanies him. There, her husband is manipulated by his ensign Iago into believing she is an adulteress, and, in the last act, she is murdered by her estranged spouse. The role has attracted notable actresses through the centuries and has the distinction of being the role performed by Margaret Hughes, the first actress to appear on an English public stage.
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Desdemona
the wife of Othello the Moor, who, in Shakespeare's play of that name, kills her on a groundless insinuation of infidelity, to his bitter remorse.
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Desdemona
Of Venice. A lady whose handkerchiefs cost more than her clothes.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Desdemona in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Desdemona in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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- ΔεδεμόναGreek
- desdemonaEsperanto
- desdemonaSpanish
- desdemonaArmenian
- desdemonaIndonesian
- DesdemonaItalian
- ಡೆಸ್ಡೋಮೋನಾKannada
- desdemonaPolish
- DesdêmonaPortuguese
- desdemonaUkrainian
- desdemonaVietnamese
- desdemonaYiddish
- 苔丝狄蒙娜Chinese
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