Madonna
pronunciation
How to pronounce Madonna in British English:
UK [mə'dɒnə]
How to pronounce Madonna in American English:
US [məˈdɑnə]
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- Noun:
- the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
- United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958)
Word Origin
- madonna (n.)
- 1580s, "Italian lady," from Italian madonna, from Old Italian ma donna (Italian mia donna) "my lady," from ma "my" + donna "lady," from Latin domina (see dame). Sense of "picture or statue of the Virgin Mary" is from 1640s. The U.S. singer/dancer (full name Madonna Louise Ciccone, b.1958) attained to pop stardom in fall 1984.
Example
- 1. They have been outrageously negative about madonna from the start .
- 2. Their holographic projection technology has been used by both madonna and virtual band gorillaz .
- 3. Tributes from the world of music and film have already flooded in from celebrities including madonna , arnold schwarzenegger and ex-wife lisa marie presley .
- 4. Through her enormous impact on young women around the world , madonna is the future of feminism .
- 5. The last time madonna tried to adopt a malawian child she met with more success and a heap of criticism .