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desdemona

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Des⋅de⋅mo⋅na

  [dez-duh-moh-nuh]
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–noun
(in Shakespeare's Othello) Othello's wife, murdered by her husband as a result of jealousy instilled by Iago.
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Des·de·mo·na   (děz'də-mō'nə)   
n.  The satellite of Uranus that is fifth in distance from the planet.

[After Desdemona, wife of Othello in Othello by William Shakespeare.]
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Desdemona

wife of the Moor Othello in Shakespeare's Othello

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