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Dulcinea is also occasionally used in Brazil. I've even met one (a woman in her 70s). In Portugal it would probably be considered ridiculous.
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Beautiful, forgotten treasure of a name. It has a bit of a tragic romantic heroine feel but I love that honestly. And how darling is the nickname Dulcie?! Dolly could be another nickname, equally cute. I also like Dulcibella.
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Dulcy Langfelder, better known as Dulcinea Langfelder is a multidisciplinary American artist (drama, dance, song, mime, multimedia). She is the founder of Dulcinea Langfelder & Co, a non-profit organization that creates and presents multidisciplinary shows worldwide. The company aims to brighten life with entertaining creations that also refreshes our minds and souls.
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/ˌdʌl.sɪˈniː.ə/ (English)
/d̪ul̟.θiˈne.a/ (European Spanish), /d̪ul.siˈne.a/ (Latin American Spanish)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dulcinea [noted -ed]
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/d̪ul̟.θiˈne.a/ (European Spanish), /d̪ul.siˈne.a/ (Latin American Spanish)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dulcinea [noted -ed]
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I used to know a girl named Dulcinea (pronounced Doll-Cin-Ay-Ah) and it was never said or written correctly. I must say, personally I found the name rather odd, and would never use it myself.
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In Don Quixote, Dulcinea's real name was Aldonza. According to the footnotes on the Edith Grossman translation, "Aldonza, considered to be a common, rustic name, had comic connotations". Don Quixote decided his love interest needed a more dignified name and chose Dulcinea, partly because it resembled her original name (both Aldonza and Dulcinea have the a, l, d, n and s-sound, c and z being pronounced s in Cervantes's time).
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The name is pronounced Dul-cin-AY-uh in Tarkio's song "Eva Luna."
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The wife of Ulrich Braeker, author of "The Life Story and Real Adventures of the Poor Man of Toggenburg".
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I think it's a wonderful hopeful name. I am married to an Italian and his family has a tradition of naming the eldest son Michael. I respect that so because my name is Darcy I wanted to find a girls name with Spanish roots should we have a girl this will be her name.
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So pretty, but too daring for most parents to use (I say "most" because celebrities can get away with naming their kids anything; and this is WAY better name than "Apple", ugh). I just don't have the balls to use it, myself.
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This can be pronounced "dool-thee-NAY-ah" in Castillian Spanish or "dool-see-NAY-ah" in Latin American Spanish. But I've also heard "dol-see-NAY-ah" in the musical "The Man of La Mancha".
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Dulcinea is Don Quijote's ideal of a pefect woman, an image he projects onto Aldonza, a common serving maid. She appears in both the novel and the musical Man of la Mancha. Sophia Loren portrayed her in the movie of the musical.
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Pronounced dul-cin-AY-ah.
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I could give this name to a horse but never to a child.
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