Cordelia

Cor·de·lia
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US/kɔɹˈdili.ə/UK/kɔːˈdiːlɪə/

proper noun

A female given name from Latin.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Latin.

    What shall Cordelia do? Love, and be silent.

    c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]
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    "I don't believe I've ever run into a Delia before." "Well, it's Cordelia, really. My father named me that." "And are you one?" "Am I one what?" "Are you your father's Cordelia?"

    1995, Anne Tyler, Ladder of Years, Knopf, →ISBN, page 8
  2. astronomyA moon of Uranus.

Origin

Shakespeare's spelling of a historical British name appearing as Cordeilla, etc., possibly derived from the Latin saint's name Cordula.

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Translations

Greek Κορδηλία
  • Κορδηλία (Kordilía)moon of Uranus
Japanese コーディリア
  • コーディリア (Kōdiria)moon of Uranus
Russian Корде́лия
  • Корде́лия (Kordélija)moon of Uranus

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Cordelia

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Cite this entry
APA

Cordelia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordelia

MLA

“Cordelia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordelia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cordelia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordelia.

Source: Cordelia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.