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Belinda
Belinda ♀ Of uncertain origin. It was used by Sir John Vanbrugh for a character in his comedy The Provok'd Wife (1697), was taken up by Alexander Pope in The Rape of the Lock (1712), and has enjoyed a steady popularity ever since. It is not certain where Vanbrugh got the name from. The notion that it is Germanic (with a second element lind ‘soft, tender, weak’) is not well founded. In Italian literature it is the name ascribed to the wife of Orlando, vassal of Charlemagne, but this use is not supported in Germanic sources. The name may be an Italian coinage from bella ‘beautiful’ (see Bella) + the feminine name suffix -inda (compare, for example, Lucinda).
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Belinda." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Belinda." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Belinda.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Belinda." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Belinda.html |
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Belinda
Belinda The ninth-closest satellite of Uranus, distance 75 300 km, orbital period 0.624 days; also known as Uranus XIV. Belinda is 66 km in diameter and was discovered in 1986 with the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
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"Belinda." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Belinda." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-Belinda.html "Belinda." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-Belinda.html |
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Belinda
Belinda,
1. a character in Vanbrugh's The Provok'd Wife; 2. the heroine of Pope's The Rape of the Lock; 3. the title of a novel by M. Edgeworth; 4. a novel by H. Belloc. |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Belinda." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Belinda." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Belinda.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Belinda." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Belinda.html |
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Belinda
Belinda (Uranus XIV) One of the lesser satellites of Uranus, with a diameter of 34 km. It was discovered in 1986.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Belinda." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Belinda." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Belinda.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Belinda." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Belinda.html |
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Belinda
Belinda in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus . |
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"Belinda." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Belinda." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Belinda-ast.html "Belinda." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Belinda-ast.html |
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Belinda
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"Belinda." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Belinda." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Belinda.html "Belinda." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Belinda.html |
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