Dora

American  

[dawr-uh, dohr-uh] / ˈdɔr ə, ˈdoʊr ə /

noun

1. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”

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Example Sentences

Ornaments dangling in a shop window cast oblong shadows in a 2013 picture that’s almost surreal, echoing Man Ray and Dora Maar.

From The Wall Street Journal

Marinakis has close family ties to HOC President Isidoros Kouvelos, and was best man at his wedding to former Athens mayor Dora Bakoyannis, the sister of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

From Barron's

Weiner has stayed active in the children’s media world, voicing Map and Swiper across several “Dora the Explorer” incarnations.

From Los Angeles Times

“New Grub Street” is just as crowded as most Victorian novels, and Gissing drew its women—Reardon’s wife, Amy, who loves his work but cannot abide his penury; Milvain’s sister, Dora, a prototype of the emancipated woman that would soon lead to suffragism—with unusual care and insight.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Luxury now is about going beyond clothes and accessories — it’s about connecting customers to a world they can step into,” says Dora Fung, editor in chief of 10 Magazine USA, an independent luxury publication.

From Los Angeles Times