Definitions for DONNA
ˈdɔn nɑdon·na

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. donnanoun

   an Italian woman of rank

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Donnanoun

   A female given name from Italian.

   "Did you ever know a lady named Miss May-rant? With a funny sort of first name, like Donna? Yes, that is it - Miss Donna May-rant."

2. Etymology: A 19th-century invention from the Italian noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald.

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1. Donna

   Donna is a song written by Ritchie Valens, featuring the 50s progression. The song was released in 1958 on Del-Fi Records. It was Valens' highest-charting single reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year. ("Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price was at number one.) It was written as a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig.

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1. Donnanoun

   a lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy

2. Etymology: [It. donna, L. domina. See Don, Dame.]

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1. Donna

   "Donna" is a song written and sung by Ritchie Valens, featuring the 50s progression. The song was released in 1958 on Del-Fi Records. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year, becoming Valens' highest-charting single. It was written as a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig, now known as Donna Fox. "Donna", the second Ritchie Valens single released, was the A side of the influential and more famous song "La Bamba". This single was only one of three, along with the previous single and the follow-up ever released in Valens's lifetime. Original Del-Fi pressings of "Donna"/"La Bamba" include black and sea green labels with circles, later replaced with solid sea green or solid dark green labels. Early 1960s pressings have black labels with sea green "sawtooth" outer edge.

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1. donna

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1. DONNA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Donna is ranked #36246 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Donna surname appeared 618 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Donna.
   
   81.8% or 506 total occurrences were White.
   7.7% or 48 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   6.3% or 39 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.1% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Italian
   • Woman

Anagrams for DONNA »

1. Nando

2. nonad

3. nonda

How to pronounce DONNA?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say DONNA in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DONNA in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DONNA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of DONNA in a Sentence

1. E. M. Forster:

   Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due -- she reminds us too much of a prima donna.

2. Yvonne De Carlo:

   I ’d wanted a TV series, but this ? I was n’t sure. I had a hard time getting into the rhythm of it. Then director Joe Pevney suggested I play Lily Munster as a sort of mixed-up Donna Reed character and not overdo anything. When I saw the first pilot in a screening room I cringed at my makeup. But I never estimated it would become this cult thing. It took two hours of makeup to make me seem like that. It ran for two huge seasons, then CBS quarreled with the creators about reruns as we got canceled. A movie in color in 1966 [ ‘ Munster, Go Home ! ’ ] showed off everything in reds and greens on my face. Boy, was I ugly.

3. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen:

   It seems a little more antagonistic, so that part has changed a little bit, but it's not like this was' Leave it to Beaver,'' Mayberry R.F.D.,'' The Donna Reed Show,' it was never a Pollyanna, Mary Poppins place. It was always rough and tumble politics.

4. Tori Spelling:

   I heard about the show from my agent. She said, ‘Your dad is doing it.’ I was like, ‘I haven’t heard anything about it.’ I popped into his briefcase when he got home, and I was like, cool, i really wanted to play Andrea. I went in under a different name, then I got the part of Donna — which I’m sure had something to do with my dad.

5. Chuck Long:

   He was just full of charisma, and you could tell he had some great leadership qualities, we connected really quick, just because he wasn’t a prima donna or anything. The kid wanted to learn and wanted to learn fast, and he absorbed things quickly.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DONNA
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Donna
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DONNA
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=DONNA
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html