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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

delia

/ˈdiljə/

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What does delia mean?

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  2. A village in Alberta, Canada.
  3. A city in Kansas.
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. A municipality of Sicily, Italy.

noun

  1. (historical) A garment worn by noblemen of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, similar to a coat or cloak, and worn over the żupan from the 16th until the early 18th century.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈdiljə/

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MENALCAS "My dear Amyntas comes unasked to me; Not Delia to my dogs is better known."
VirgilThe Bucolics and EcloguesProject Gutenberg ebook #230
Did he have something to say—this Shakespeare-adoring Mississippi pilot—anent Delia Bacon’s book?
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
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Would it not be rash to conclude that there was no passion behind those sonnets to Delia which strike us as the thin music of a mandolin?
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145