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“Gift of the sea”or“Of the Dorians”or“Exile, wanderer”

From the Greek Dorians, the tribe of Dōros — a name tied to δῶρον (dōron), "gift", and to the sea nymph Doris, which is why it is so often read as "gift of the sea". Oscar Wilde gave it to the hero of his 1891 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

EnglishFrenchLiterature3 syllables · /ˈdɔr.i.ən/

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