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Dido has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

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Noun
1

(Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas

"In the opera, Didon's tragic fate mirrors the ancient myth of the Phoenician queen who committed suicide after being left by Aeneas."

2

A fuss, a row.

"The children made quite a dido over the missing toy car."

Adverb
1

Misspelling of ditto.

"The teacher corrected my note where I had written Dido instead of repeating the previous musical phrase."

Proper Noun
1

Founder and first Queen of Carthage.

"The ancient epic concludes with Dido, founder and first queen of Carthage, taking her own life after being abandoned by Aeneas."

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