Didon

See also: didon

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dīdō, Dīdōnem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /di.dɔ̃/

Proper noun

Didon f

Dido (legendary foundress and queen of Carthage)

Latin

Etymology

Presumably from an Doric (and also Boeotian) accusative which ends in -ών (-ṓn), or representing the archaic pronunciation, /diː.do᷇ːn/, of the Ancient Greek Δῑδοῦν (Dīdoûn); compare the regularly Romanised Dīdūn, which represents the Ancient Greek etymon’s first-century-BC Koine pronunciation, /diˈdun/.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.doːn/

Proper noun

Dīdōn f

accusative of Dīdō

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