OXFORD 9000
📚 name • entry_id 37919

Penelope

/pɪˈnɛləpi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
Penélope
The faithful wife of Odysseus.
You would be another Penelope; yet, they say, all the yarn she spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca with moths.
Penélope
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
"She's a sort of pretend auntie - an old friend of Mummy's. Her real name's Miss Penelope Gill but we always call her Gillie." "Don't you ever let her hear you calling her Penelope…
"What's her name?" He meant the baby's. "Penelope. We're never going to call her Penny. Penelope." - - - ""Oh. Well, it's Penelope Henderson - Porteous I guess. Or Porteous - Hende…
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