Dolores
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Dolores is a common Spanish given name, meaning "pains"; it is short for Maria de los Dolores, "Mary of the Pains" (Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows). It is often shortened to the more colloquial forms Lola, Lolita or Loli. It may refer to:
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[edit] Places
- Argentina
- Dolores, Buenos Aires
- Guatemala
- Mexico
- Dolores Hidalgo, a town in Guanajuato
- Dolores, Baja California Sur
- Dolores, Chihuahua
- Spain
- Philippines
- United States
- Dolores, Colorado
- Mission San Francisco de Asís, in San Francisco, also known as "Mission Dolores"
[edit] People
- María Dolores Pradera, singer
- Dolores Ibárruri, "La Pasionaria", Spanish labour activist
- Dolores Huerta, Mexican-American labor activist
- Dolores del Río, Mexican film actress
- The Cranberries band member Dolores O'Riordan
- Dolores McNamara, winner of €115 million EuroMillions jackpot
- María de los Dolores Flores Ruiz, also known as Lola Flores, Spanish singer.
[edit] Written Works
- Dolores (Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs), a poem by A. C. Swinburne
- Dolores (novel), a 1911 novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett
- Dolores (1976 novel), a 1976 novel by Jacqueline Susann
[edit] Fictional characters
- Dolores Umbridge, from the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- Dolores Haze, also known as Lolita, from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- The titular character in Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne
- A character appearing in an episode of the televsion program Seinfeld, whose name Jerry cannot remember
[edit] Other
- Dolores River
- 1277 Dolores, an asteroid
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