Glory

August 4, 2014 § 1 Comment

ORIGIN:
From the Latin, “Gloria”, meaning, well, “glory”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Gloria, Gloriana, Glorvina, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Glory (Glorvina) O’Dowd is Major O’Dowd’s unmarried sister in Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray (published in 1847-48, but set in the 1810s-20s).

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