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What does Desdemona mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A character in Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, the wife of Othello
  2. (astronomy) An inner moon of the planet Uranus.
  3. (astronomy) Short for 666 Desdemona, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1908.
Name
  1. A female given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) Ill-fated. A Shakespearian character murdered by her husband Othello.
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But Desdemona, she was nothing but insane, mad, crazy, and that was the thing she passed on.
Iago himself is opposed to the gallantries and polite talk of Cassio, especially in regard to Desdemona.
Desdemona said a friend was storing valuables there, and she wasn't at liberty to allow them in.
The angels were gasping as they stepped closer, eyes wide as Desdemona was quickly surrounded by that blackness again.
He plots a scheme to make Othello believe that Desdemona was having an affair with Cassio.
Her Desdemona is played as a very chic Italian lady, effortlessly fashionable, as so many Italians are.

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