Pamela
See also: pamela
English
editEtymology
editInvented by Sir Philip Sidney for his pastoral poem The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (c 1593). Seemingly created from scratch;[1] some imagine an analysis as Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs, “all”) + μέλι (méli, “honey”) but there is no evidence that this was intended.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈpæmələ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
editPamela
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
- 1773, Henry Fielding, The History and Adventures of Joseph Andrews, page 259:
- They lived about thirty miles from the Squire; and she told me, that I might be sure to find her out by one circumstance; for that they had a daughter with a very strange name, Pamĕla, or Pamēla; some pronounced it one way, and some the other.
- 1786, Samuel Richardson, Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, page 416:
- - But, Pamela, did you say? - A queer sort of name! - I've heard of it somewhere! - Is it a Christian or a Pagan name? - Linsey-woolsey - half one, half t'other - like thy girl - Ha, ha, ha.'
Derived terms
edit- Pam, Pammy, Pammie, Pamela hat
References
edit- ^ Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2006
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editPamela f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Pamela
Declension
editDeclension of Pamela
Further reading
edit- Pamela in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editPamela f
- a female given name
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