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It ends with an -a, so it's definitely feminine. But these days...
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For the Dutch pronunciation of Eleonora, you can listen to the audio clips featured on the websites below:
• https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eleonora (in Dutch)
• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Eleonora/nl/ (in Dutch)
• https://youtu.be/LSSqkqfJwwk (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:14)
• https://youtu.be/Cc1Mmbk8VaY (in Dutch; the name is sung at 0:42 and 0:51)
Converted to IPA, it should be: /e:.le:.jo:.'no:.ra:/ [noted -ed]
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• https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eleonora (in Dutch)
• https://nl.forvo.com/search/Eleonora/nl/ (in Dutch)
• https://youtu.be/LSSqkqfJwwk (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:14)
• https://youtu.be/Cc1Mmbk8VaY (in Dutch; the name is sung at 0:42 and 0:51)
Converted to IPA, it should be: /e:.le:.jo:.'no:.ra:/ [noted -ed]
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Eleonora is also Danish, Lithuanian, Czech, and English. The name day for Eleonora in Denmark is June 28. The name day for Eleonora in Lithuania is February 21.
English Pronunciation: ehl-ə-NAWR-ə
Sources: https://cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora
https://cs.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eleonora
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eleonora#Czech
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English Pronunciation: ehl-ə-NAWR-ə
Sources: https://cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora
https://cs.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eleonora
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eleonora#Czech
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Genuinely didn't think it was possible to make the name "Eleanor" any uglier until I discovered this name. Both Eleanor and Eleonora are vomit-inducing.
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Also Romansh: https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=20
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Eleonora Sevenard is a promising Russian ballerina who I first saw in the Atlas of Beauty.
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Really pretty!
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Eleonora Pedron (b. 1982) is an Italian model and actress, who was crowned Miss Italia 2002.
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Also Slovene: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora
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Also used in Estonia: https://www.stat.ee/public/apps/nimed/
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One of the most famous bearers of this name is Eleonora Duse (3 October 1858, Vigevano, Lombardy, Italy - 21 April 1924, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA), Italian stage actress.
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In Italy Eleonora is a common name especially for girls born in the 1980s-1990s and it's still quite popular, it was the 39th most common name for girls born in 2017. I find it a really elegant and classy name.
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Also Latvian: https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/sakums/statistika/personvardu-datu-baze/?id=137&query=Eleonora [noted -ed]
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I think this is a lovely name. It has strength, but also elegance, is refined and sophisticated, and I usually like long, elegant girl names. It is also rather unique to me, I don't know anyone with this name, but at the same time it has a classic, and classy, feel. I like Eleanor too though.
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Swedish singer Josefine Myrberg's middle name is Eleonora.
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In Polish, this name is pronounced e-le-aw-NAW-rah, as in most languages where it's used, I guess.
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Eleonora is a Polish name, not widely used nowadays but getting more and more attention from parents. It's still considered a quite rare and unique name though. Some of Polish nicknames are Eleonorka, Eleonorcia, Ela, Eli, Elka, Elunia, Elcia, Nora, Lora, Lori, Lorka, Lorcia, Leosia, Leonka and so on. Eleonora's nameday is 21 February. In 2017 Eleonora was 288th in the girls' names ranking, 11 girls were given this name.
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Eleonora is pretty, but my favorite spelling is Eleanora, because it looks like it would be easier to pronounce depending on where you live. Plus, there's a bunch of cute nicknames like Ellie, Nora, or Nell.
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Eleonora "Lele" Pons is an American internet personality most notable for her six-second video loops on the video-sharing service Vine. As of June 13, 2016, Pons has hit 8.4 billion loops on Vine which makes her the most looped person on Vine, including 14.2 million followers on Instagram. She is also the most followed female star on Vine.
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Bimba Bosé, born as Eleonora Salvatore, on 1 October 1975, is a Spanish model, designer, actress and singer. Her artistic name means girl in Italian. Daughter of Lucía González Bosé and her first husband, Alessandro Salvatore, maternal granddaughter of bullfighter Luis Miguel Gonzalez Lucas "Dominguín" and actress Lucia Bosé, since childhood she has been in contact with all type of artistic inclinations that have created her personality.
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Used in Greece and Russia.
In Greek, it is written Ελεονώρα. In Russian, it is written Элеонора. [noted -ed]
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In Greek, it is written Ελεονώρα. In Russian, it is written Элеонора. [noted -ed]
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The Italian pronunciation is "el-ay-oh-NOR-ah". [noted -ed]
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Ulrika Eleonora (1688–1741) was queen regnant of Sweden from 5 December 1718 to 29 February 1720, and then queen consort until her death.
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This name is also frequently used in Georgia.
In Georgian, Eleonora is written as: ელეონორა.
A known bearer of this name is Eleonora Eksanishvili (b. 1919), a Georgian pianist, music educator and composer.
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In Georgian, Eleonora is written as: ელეონორა.
A known bearer of this name is Eleonora Eksanishvili (b. 1919), a Georgian pianist, music educator and composer.
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Here are some sources that back this up:
- http://kids.ge/baby-name?id=58 (in Georgian)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130130185854/http://name.interes.ge/dreams.php?action=view&id=338&from=action=search|by=%E1%83%94 (in Georgian)
- http://www.geogen.ge/ge/wsearch/4308/ (in Georgian; see the entry for Eleonora)
- Eleonora Eksanishvili (1919-2003), a Georgian pianist, music educator and composer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora_Eksanishvili (in English)
- Eleonora Ter-Parsegova-Makhviladze (1875-c. 1930s), a Georgian-Armenian politician: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora_Ter-Parsegova-Makhviladze (in English)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Eleonora&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://ge.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Eleonora/+/ge-0-Georgi%C3%AB (lists only bearers living in Georgia)
- You can also find plenty of bearers on Facebook. Here are some examples of bearers that I found on there (for privacy reasons, I will refrain from directly linking to their profiles):
• Eleonora Badzag.ua
• Eleonora Burjula.dze
• Eleonora Dadeshqel.iani
• Eleonora Duzei.shvili
• Eleonora Cheli.dze
• Eleonora Mamatsa.shvili
• Eleonora Pera.dze
• ელეონორა რობაქი.ძე (Eleonora Robaki.dze)
• Eleonora Shengel.ia
• Eleonora Sirbila.dze
• Eleonora Tenei.shvili
NOTE: all of these people have a public profile, i.e. apparently they do not mind being searchable and googleable.
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- http://kids.ge/baby-name?id=58 (in Georgian)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130130185854/http://name.interes.ge/dreams.php?action=view&id=338&from=action=search|by=%E1%83%94 (in Georgian)
- http://www.geogen.ge/ge/wsearch/4308/ (in Georgian; see the entry for Eleonora)
- Eleonora Eksanishvili (1919-2003), a Georgian pianist, music educator and composer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora_Eksanishvili (in English)
- Eleonora Ter-Parsegova-Makhviladze (1875-c. 1930s), a Georgian-Armenian politician: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora_Ter-Parsegova-Makhviladze (in English)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Eleonora&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://ge.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Eleonora/+/ge-0-Georgi%C3%AB (lists only bearers living in Georgia)
- You can also find plenty of bearers on Facebook. Here are some examples of bearers that I found on there (for privacy reasons, I will refrain from directly linking to their profiles):
• Eleonora Badzag.ua
• Eleonora Burjula.dze
• Eleonora Dadeshqel.iani
• Eleonora Duzei.shvili
• Eleonora Cheli.dze
• Eleonora Mamatsa.shvili
• Eleonora Pera.dze
• ელეონორა რობაქი.ძე (Eleonora Robaki.dze)
• Eleonora Shengel.ia
• Eleonora Sirbila.dze
• Eleonora Tenei.shvili
NOTE: all of these people have a public profile, i.e. apparently they do not mind being searchable and googleable.
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Also the Croatian form. [noted -ed]
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It's so sweet and adorable. Nora is nice too.
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The heroine in Verdi's opera 'Il Trovatore'.
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It's an elegant name, but it's a bit of a mouthful. However, there's always the nickname Nora.
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Quite pretty, it's become something like "Isabella" in the sense that it's cliche and affected, any European, classic-sounding, palatable name that authors give their teen romance protagonists. Like a buzzword. I much prefer Eleanor, because it maintains the melody but without the pretense.
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In German it's pronounced e-le-o-NO-rah. [noted -ed]
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Eleonora is the name of a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Eleonora is also Czech form. Name Day: 21th February.
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Eleonora di Toledo who later married Cosimo I and became Eleonora di Medici.
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Eleonora O'Flanagan was a 1920's bar owner who started the Eleonora's chain of bars.
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In Sweden the version Ellinor (and Elinor) is the most common.
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Eleonora is also the German form of this name. There have been several German princesses and an Austrian empress (Eleonora Magdalena von der Pfalz-Neuburg, lived 1655 - 1720) with this name. [noted -ed]
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Eleonora is also Polish, not only Italian form of Eleanor. [noted -ed]
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