HOW TO PRONOUNCE
penelope
/pəˈnɛləpi/
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What does penelope mean?
proper noun
- The faithful wife of Odysseus.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- A town in Texas.
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IPA pronunciation
/pəˈnɛləpi/
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"Well, ma'am," said Penelope, breaking down in one of her queer laughs, "I shouldn't be a bit surprised if you were right."
On hearing those dreadful words, my daughter Penelope said she didn’t know what prevented her heart from flying straight out of her.
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The operations of the mint were, upon this account, somewhat like the web of Penelope; the work that was done in the day was undone in the night.
“There is always about you,” he said, “a sort of waiting. Whatever I see you doing, you’re not really there: you are waiting—like Penelope when she did her weaving.”
In an allied bird, the Penelope nigra, Mr. Salvin observed a male, which, whilst it flew downwards “with outstretched wings, gave forth a kind of crashing rushing noise,” like the falling of a tree.