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do⋅na

[daw-nah]
–noun
1. (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
2. (in Portuguese-speaking countries) a lady or gentlewoman.

Origin:
1615–25; < Pg < L domina, fem. of dominus

do⋅ña

[daw-nyah]
–noun
1. (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Spanish title prefixed to a woman's given name.
2. (in Spanish-speaking countries) a lady or gentlewoman.

Origin:
1615–25; < Sp < L domina, fem. of dominus
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Do·ña   (dō'nyä)   
n.  Used as a courtesy title before the name of a woman in a Spanish-speaking area.

[Spanish, from Latin domina, feminine of dominus, lord; see don1.]
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