HOW TO PRONOUNCE
cordelia
/kɔɹˈdili.ə/
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What does cordelia mean?
proper noun
- A female given name from Latin.
- A moon of Uranus.
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IPA pronunciation
/kɔɹˈdili.ə/
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“No-o-o, it’s not exactly my name, but I would love to be called Cordelia. It’s such a perfectly elegant name.”
The joy of Beatrice was my joy, and the sorrows of Cordelia were mine also.
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Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
“Rose-leaf complexion—starry violet eyes—raven hair—yes, she has them all. It’s a wonder her name isn’t Cordelia Fitzgerald into the bargain! But I don’t believe her figure is as good as mine, and her nose certainly isn’t.”
Mr Moore has stripped him to the skin, and leaves him to the mercy of rain and storm, like Lear, though Lear had a solid ground to go on in self-aid, which Stevenson had not; he had daughters, and one of them was Cordelia, after all.