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             Don  Dom  Domicile  Dame  Madame
         Don Adonis favored Donnas using Belladona
 Don Giovanni tried to Domesticate Dominant Primma Donnas


~ DON  or DOM = MASTER        explore MASTER
                DONATED or
     ATTRIBUTED implies an ACQUIRED PROPERTY
     Phoenician ADON = LORD probably leading to
     myth>      ADONIS              see> ADONIS
     gr        DIDONAI TO GIVE   sug> explore DIDO
     myth>     DIDO    A CLASSIC MYTHOLOGIC FIGURE
     eng         DO    MAKE      may imply MASTERY
     eng         DONE  ACHIEVED  FINISHED
     sp          DON   INNATE ABILITY  TALENT
     also              SIR  MASTER     see> DONATED
                       A SPIRITUAL GIFT        
                       A TITLE OF RESPECT as in SIR
                       A TALENT     sug> ACCOMPLISH
~ DONAIRE  in sp as if "WITH AIRS"
           it denotes CUTE  GRACIOUS
~ DON~A    or DONA 
           sp   TITLE OF RESPECT = LADY or MADAM
                         SIMILAR TO A DIMINUTIVE IN
           ukr  DONIA  = DAUGHTER  also SIMILAR TO
           skt  DUKTAR   DAUGHTER
~ DONATE   lat DONATUS DONARE from DARE = TO GIVE
           ukr  DAR  = GIFT = SENSE OF TALENT
           sp   DAR    TO GIVE also
                DONAR  DONATE  as in ENDOW
           ply> | DON QUIJOTE WAS A DON |
~ DONOSA   in sp GRACIOUS LADY
           id+ GIFTED
  note sp DONCELLA     = VIRGIN MAIDEN
          DON and ELLA   GIFT and  HER
  see> BELLADONA
  see> DAR leading to skt DHARMA  DONATION  GIFT

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