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Cordelia

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(kôr dēl′yə)

noun

a feminine name
in Shakespeare's King Lear, the youngest of Lear's three daughters, and the only one faithful to him

Origin: prob. ult. < Celt Creiryddlydd, lit., daughter of the sea

See Cordelia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The satellite of Uranus that is closest to the planet.

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Origin: After Cordelia, daughter of Lear in King Lear by William Shakespeare

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