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Ophelia
Ophelia ♀ The name of a character in Shakespeare's Hamlet, the beautiful daughter of Polonius; she loves Hamlet, and eventually goes mad and drowns herself. In spite of the ill omen of this literary association, the name has enjoyed moderate popularity since the 19th century. It was first used by the Italian pastoral poet Jacopo Sannazzaro (1458–1530), who presumably intended it as a feminine form of the Greek name Ōphelos ‘help’. Shakespeare seems to have borrowed the name from Sannazzaro, without considering whether it was an appropriate name for a play set in medieval Denmark.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ophelia." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ophelia." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Ophelia.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ophelia." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Ophelia.html |
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Ophelia The second-closest satellite of Uranus, distance 53 790 km, orbital period 0.376 days; also known as Uranus VII. Its diameter is 30 km, and it was discovered in 1986 with the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Ophelia and Cordelia are shepherd moons for the Epsilon ring of Uranus.
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"Ophelia." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Ophelia." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-Ophelia.html "Ophelia." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-Ophelia.html |
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Ophelia (Uranus VII) One of the lesser satellites of Uranus, with a diameter of 16 km. It was discovered in 1986.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Ophelia." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Ophelia." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Ophelia.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Ophelia." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Ophelia.html |
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Ophelia
Ophelia in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus . |
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"Ophelia." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Ophelia." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Ophelia-ast.html "Ophelia." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Ophelia-ast.html |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Ophelia." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Ophelia." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Ophelia.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Ophelia." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Ophelia.html |
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