Theodora

From the Ancient Greek feminine form of Theodore.

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Theodora

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, most famously borne by two empresses of Byzantium.
   • 1971, John Updike, Marry Me, Knopf, published 1976, →ISBN, page 126:

     Peter Mathias and the baby, a tiny girl with a ridiculous name, had gathered around their mother. What was her name, something barbaric, an empress, not Cleopatra - Theodora.

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Theodora

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Theodora

• Thea, Dora

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oˈdoː.ra/, [t̪ʰeɔˈd̪oːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.oˈdo.ra/, [t̪eoˈd̪ɔːrä]

Theodōra f (genitive Theodōrae); first declension

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Theodora

First-declension noun.

• Theodora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.