Penelope
pronunciation
How to pronounce Penelope in British English:
UK [piˈneləpi,pə-]
How to pronounce Penelope in American English:
US [pəˈnɛləpi]
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- Noun:
- (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
- a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
Word Origin
- Penelope
- fem. proper name, name of the faithful wife in the "Odyssey," from Greek Penelopeia, probably related to pene "thread on the bobbin," from penos "web," cognate with Latin pannus "cloth garment" (see pane (n.)). Used in English as the type of the virtuous wife (1580) as it was in Latin.
Example
- 1. Penelope jordan told police her mother had died in 2003 .
- 2. Penelope cruz portrays the fiery maria elena , a divorced woman still locked in a complex relationship with her ex-husband .
- 3. About the blog : columnist and author penelope trunk shares career advice as well as professional observations and personal experiences .
- 4. Penelope sharon jordan of sebastian , florida , was charged by a federal grand jury last week with social security fraud and theft , the u.s. attorney 's office in miami said .
- 5. The police did not investigate the deaths earlier this year of peter and penelope duff , who became the first terminally ill british couple to be helped to die together in switzerland .