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Una
Una ♀ Anglicized form of Irish Úna. In Irish legend Úna is the mother of the hero Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles). It was also the name of the beloved of the 17th-century poet Tomás Láidir Costello: banned by her parents from seeing him, Úna fell into a decline and died, leaving him to mourn her in his verse. The Anglicized form of the name is sometimes taken to be from the feminine of Latin unus ‘one’. It is the name used by Spenser for the lady of the Red Cross Knight in The Faerie Queene: he probably had Latin rather than Irish in mind, even though he worked in Ireland for a while. The Irish name has also been Anglicized as Unity, Juno, Winifred, and Agnes.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Una." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Una." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Una.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Una." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Una.html |
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Úna, Oonagh, Oona. Wife of Finnbheara, king of the Irish fairies, sometimes known as Nuala. She is thought the most beautiful of all women, with golden hair sweeping to the ground, and is the mother of seventeen sons. Sometimes she is thought to have a separate residence of her own of Cnoc Sídh Úna [Knockshegouna] in Co. Tipperary. Folk motif: F252.2.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Úna." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Úna." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-na.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Úna." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-na.html |
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Úna ♀ (Irish) Traditional name of uncertain derivation. It is identical in form with the vocabulary word úna ‘hunger, famine’, but is more likely to be derived from uan ‘lamb’. See also Una.
Also: Una, Oona, Oonagh (Anglicized forms); Juno. |
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Úna." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Úna." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-na1.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Úna." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-na1.html |
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Ùna ♀ (Scottish) Gaelic form of Irish Úna, which is of uncertain derivation. It is identical in form with Irish úna ‘hunger, famine’, but is more likely to be derived from uan ‘lamb’. See also Una.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ùna." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ùna." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-na.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ùna." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-na.html |
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Una in Spenser's Faerie Queene, the personification of single-minded adherence to true religion, and the antithesis of the falsity of Duessa.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Una." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Una." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Una.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Una." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Una.html |
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Una, in Bk I of Spenser's Faerie Queene, typifies singleness of the true religion. (See Redcrosse Knight.)
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Una." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Una." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Una.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Una." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Una.html |
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Una
•belladonna, Connor, donna, goner, gonna, honour (US honor), Maradona, Mashona, O'Connor, Shona, wanna
•corner, fauna, forewarner, Lorna, Morna, mourner, sauna, scorner, suborner, warner
•softener • Faulkner
•downer, uptowner
•sundowner
•Arizona, Barcelona, boner, condoner, corona, Cremona, Desdemona, donor, Fiona, groaner, Iona, Jonah, kroner, Leona, loaner, loner, moaner, Mona, owner, Pamplona, persona, postponer, Ramona, stoner, toner, Valona, Verona, Winona
•landowner • homeowner • shipowner
•coiner, joiner, purloiner
•crooner, harpooner, lacuna, lacunar, lampooner, Luna, lunar, mizuna, Oona, oppugner, Poona, pruner, puna, schooner, spooner, Tristan da Cunha, tuna, tuner, Una, vicuña, yokozuna
•honeymooner • Sunna • Brookner
•koruna
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"Una." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Una." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Una.html "Una." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Una.html |
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UNA
UNA United Nations Association
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "UNA." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "UNA." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-UNA.html FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "UNA." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-UNA.html |
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