Belinda
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Belle + -inda, base from various Romance sources such as French belle, Italian bella (“beautiful”), suffix Latinate form of German linde (“soft”) (English linden, lithe). Popularised by Alexander Pope in his poem The Rape of the Lock (1714). The moon is named after a character in Pope's poem.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bəˈlɪndə/
Rhymes: -ɪndə
=== Proper noun ===
Belinda
A female given name originating as a coinage.
1714 Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto V, final verse,
This Lock, the Muse shall consecrate to Fame,
And 'midst the Stars inscribe Belinda’s Name.
(astronomy) The ninth satellite of Uranus. [Discovered 1986]
==== Translations ====
=== Anagrams ===
nail bed, nailbed
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
From English Belinda.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: Be‧lin‧da
=== Noun ===
Belinda
a female given name
(astronomy) the ninth satellite of Uranus
== Faroese ==
=== Proper noun ===
Belinda f
a female given name
==== Usage notes ====
Matronymics
son of Belinda: Belinduson
daughter of Belinda: Belindudóttir
==== Declension ====
== Turkish ==
=== Proper noun ===
Belinda
(astronomy) Belinda