Dorothy
Toto's young owner
Dorothy is a feminine given name, from Greek words meaning "gift of God." It was among the most popular American girls' names in the early twentieth century, now old-fashioned.
The name evokes *The Wizard of Oz* protagonist, making phrases like We're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy recognizable even to those unfamiliar with the source.
Central American plains state
- ruby slippersJeweled crimson footwear
- OzFictional enchanted kingdom
- tornadoViolent rotating windstorm
- yellow brick roadMetaphorical route to success
Gale · Tin Man · Cowardly Lion · Judy Garland · Emerald City · Wicked Witch · rainbow · munchkins
Pertaining to women
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- vintageQuality from past eras
- DottiePet form of Dorothy
- VictorianOf a prim era
grandmotherly · namesake · classic · traditional · English · Greek · nickname · christening
Kansas
Central American plains state
- ruby slippersJeweled crimson footwear
- OzFictional enchanted kingdom
- tornadoViolent rotating windstorm
yellow brick road · Gale · Tin Man · Cowardly Lion · Judy Garland · Emerald City · Wicked Witch · rainbow · munchkins · farmhouse
feminine
Pertaining to women
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- vintageQuality from past eras
- DottiePet form of Dorothy
Victorian · grandmotherly · namesake · classic · traditional · English · Greek · nickname · christening · baptism
Sayers
Wordsworth · writer · author · detective · Algonquin · verse · satire · epigram · criticism
martyr
Victim for beliefs
February · patron · gardeners · brides · florists · feast day · Catholic · veneration · martyrdom
- First NamesJames, John, Mary, Elizabeth, William
- Girls' NamesAbigail, Alice, Amanda, Amy, Anna
- Wizard of OzTin Man, Cowardly Lion, Wicked Witch, yellow brick road, Emerald City
- 1950s namesBarbara, Betty, Beverly, Bobby, Brenda
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- Saint NamesAgatha, Agnes, Ambrose, Andrew, Anthony
DorothyElphaba
- Dorothy Gale
- friend of DorothyCoded term for homosexual
- Dorothy ParkerRazor-tongued New Yorker