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DIDO (didoes)

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Irregular inflected form: didoes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Overview

DIDO (noun)
  The noun DIDO has 1 sense:

1. (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneasplay

  Familiarity information: DIDO used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


DIDO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

princess (a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign))

Domain category:

Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)


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