Dora

[ dawr-uh, dohr-uh ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa was born in Arequipa, Peru, on March 28, 1936, the son of Ernesto Vargas Maldonado, a radio operator for an aviation company, and Dora Llosa Ureta.

From Los Angeles Times

Forcing otherwise eligible voters to obtain government documents “amounts to what we consider to be an unconstitutional poll tax,” said Dora Rose, deputy director of the League of Women Voters of California, who testified in opposition of the bill.

From Los Angeles Times

She’s also part of a group of contemporaries who are regulars at Pauley Pavilion that includes Debbie Willie Haliday, Mary Hegarty, Dora Dome and Meyers when her schedule allows.

From Los Angeles Times

The first documented orchiectomy, penectomy, and vagioplasty were performed at the Institute at the request of a German trans woman named Dora Richter.

From Slate

Dora Millikin doesn’t have to imagine.

From Los Angeles Times