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cordelia

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Cor⋅del⋅ia

  [kawr-deel-yuh]
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–noun
1. (in Shakespeare's King Lear) the youngest of Lear's three daughters and the only one who remains loyal to her father. Compare Goneril, Regan.
2. a female given name.
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Cor·del·ia   (kôr-dēl'yə)   
n.  The satellite of Uranus that is closest to the planet.

[After Cordelia, daughter of Lear in King Lear by William Shakespeare.]
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