Belinda

plural Belindas

1. countableuncountableA female given name originating as a coinage.

   1714 Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto V, final verse, This Lock, the Muse shall consecrate to Fame, And 'midst the Stars inscribe Belinda’s Name.

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   "Good-by, my dear Belinda; I leave you to ruminate sweet and bitter thoughts; to think of the last speech and confession of Lady Delacour, or, what will interest you much more, the first speech and confession of—Clarence Harvey."

   1801, Maria Edgeworth, “Belinda”, in Tales and Novels, volume 6, New York: Harper & Brothers, published 1835, page 65

   The fairy tale ended savagely on January 11, 1999, when Belinda’s lifeless body was discovered in a closet. Her skull had been shattered by a shotgun blast at close range.

   2010, Kathryn Casey, Shattered: The True Story of a Mother's Love, a Husband's Betrayal, and a Cold-Blooded Texas Murder, back cover

2. countableuncountableastronomyThe ninth satellite of Uranus.First known use Discovered 1986

   This moon's orbit is nearly identical to that of Belinda, about 47,000 miles (75,000 km) from Uranus.

   2006, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Outer Solar System, page 52

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   It belongs to the Portia group, made up of Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita; these satellites have similar orbits and photometric characteristics.

   2011, Patrick Moore, Robin Rees, editors, Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy, page 230

   Miranda and the more recent discoveries have also been named after Shakespearean characters, with the exception of Belinda (1986 U5), which was named after a character from Pope's “The Rape of the Lock.”

   2012, Peter Bond, Exploring the Solar System, page 297