Dolores 1290118 224090851 2008-07-07T07:13:39Z Kyle the bot 3115531 robot Adding: it Modifying: de, es, pt {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Dolores | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female | meaning = sorrowful, sorrows, pain | region = | origin = | related names = [[Lola]] | footnotes = }} '''Dolores''' (or '''Delores''') is a given name, cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning ''sorrowful''). In Spanish, where it is more prevalent, it is short for ''La Virgen María de los Dolores'', "Virgin Mary of Sorrows", and is often shortened to the more colloquial forms ''[[Lola (given name)|Lola]]'', ''[[Lolita (name)|Lolita]]'' or ''Loli''. ==Places== *Argentina **[[Dolores, Buenos Aires]] *Belize **[[Rancho Dolores]] *Guatemala **[[Dolores, El Petén]] *Mexico ** [[Dolores Hidalgo]], a town in Guanajuato ** [[Dolores, Baja California Sur]] ** [[Dolores, Chihuahua]] *Spain ** [[Dolores, Alicante]] *United States ** [[Dolores, Colorado]] ** [[Dolores County, Colorado]] ** [[Mission San Francisco de Asís]], in San Francisco, also known as "Mission Dolores" ==People== * [[María Dolores Pradera]], singer * [[Dolores Ibárruri]], "La Pasionaria", Spanish labour activist * [[Dolores Huerta]], Mexican-American labor activist * [[Dolores del Río]], Mexican film actress * [[Dolores O'Riordan]], main singer of the band [[The Cranberries]] * [[Dolores McNamara]], winner of €115 million [[EuroMillions]] jackpot * [[Dolores Keane]], Irish folk singer * Dolores Beltrán, also known as [[Lola Beltrán]], a Mexican singer * María de los Dolores Flores Ruiz, also known as [[Lola Flores]], Spanish singer * Dolores González Flores, also known as [[Lolita Flores]], a Spanish singer, daughter of Lola Flores ==Written Works== * [[Dolores (Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs)]], a poem by [[Algernon Swinburne|A. C. Swinburne]] * [[Dolores (novel)]], a 1911 novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett * [[Dolores (1941 song)]], a 1941 song written by Frank Loesser & Louis Alter, popularized by Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey * [[Dolores (1976 novel)]], a 1976 novel by Jacqueline Susann ==Fictional characters== * Dolores Haze, also known as Lolita, from ''[[Lolita]]'' by [[Vladimir Nabokov]] * [[Dolores Umbridge]], from the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series by [[J.K. Rowling]] * The titular character in [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[Dolores Claiborne]]'' * A character appearing in an [[The Junior Mint|episode]] of the television program [[Seinfeld]], whose name Jerry cannot figure out. His only clue was that it rhymed with a [[clitoris|female body part]]. ==Other== * [[Dolores River]] * [[1277 Dolores]], an [[asteroid]] * [[Dolores Recordings]], a record label * [[Dolorès]], a [[waltz]] written by [[Émile Waldteufel]] {{given name|nocat}} [[Category:English feminine given names]] [[Category:Spanish feminine given names]] [[Category:Spanish culture]] [[Category:Spanish language]] [[br:Dolores]] [[de:Dolores]] [[es:Dolores]] [[fr:Dolores]] [[it:Dolores]] [[nl:Dolores]] [[no:Dolores]] [[pl:Dolores]] [[pt:Dolores]] [[sv:Dolores]]