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• dona
  dona

  noun

  Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
• doña
  doña

  noun

  Madam; Lady: a Spanish title prefixed to a woman's given name.
• Doña
  Doña

  noun

  a Spanish title of address equivalent to Mrs or Madam : placed before a name to indicate respect
• Dona
  Dona

  noun

  a Portuguese title of address equivalent to Mrs or Madam : placed before a name to indicate respect

dona

¹ American  

[daw-nah] / ˈdɔ nɑ /

noun

1. (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.

2. (in Portuguese-speaking countries) a lady or gentlewoman.

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doña ² American  

[daw-nyah] / ˈdɔ nyɑ /

noun

1. (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Spanish title prefixed to a woman's given name.

2. (in Spanish-speaking countries) a lady or gentlewoman.

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Doña ¹ British  

/ ˈdɒnjə, ˈdoɲa /

noun

1. a Spanish title of address equivalent to Mrs or Madam : placed before a name to indicate respect

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Dona ² British  

/ ˈdõːnə /

noun

1. a Portuguese title of address equivalent to Mrs or Madam : placed before a name to indicate respect

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Etymology

Origin of dona¹

1615–25; < Portuguese < Latin domina, feminine of dominus

Origin of doña²

1615–25; < Spanish < Latin domina, feminine of dominus

Example Sentences

Operación Sonrisa también dona equipos médicos, suministros y provee un año de tratamiento médico a través de centros en todo el mundo.

From Washington Times • Apr. 5, 2015

Sin dona is serving a 25-year prison sentence in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Requiem aeternam dona, ei Domine,     Et lux perpetua luceat ei.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

Circa annum 1170 Gruffydd Ap Conan Cambriæ princeps legem Bardis praescripsit, in qua cautum erat ut nullam praeter suam exercerent artem, in qua et dona et pœnas constituit. 

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

Le Roi Edelfi out vne soer, Orewenne par noun, & la dona par grant amour al Roi Aldelbright a femme.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown