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Perdita.

A character in Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈpɝdɪtə/General-American/pɚˈditə/General-American/ˈpɜːdɪtə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A character in Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale.

  2. A moon of Uranus.

  3. A female given name.

Where this word comes from

Named after the daughter of Leontes and Hermione in William Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale; from Italian perdita (“loss”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.