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View Name: Dulcinea
DULCINEA
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Literature
Derived from Spanish
dulce
meaning "sweet". This name was (first?) used by Miguel de Cervantes in his novel 'Don Quixote' (1605), where it belongs to the love interest of the main character, though she never actually appears in the story.
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