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Noun: Doris  dó-ris
  1. (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids
     
  2. A small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken

See also: Dorian

Type of: Greek deity, part, region

Part of: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic

Encyclopedia: Doris Doris, Iowa