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'''Perdita''' (Latin for "lost"), may refer to: |
'''Perdita''' (Italian for "loss", from Latin for "lost woman"), may refer to: |
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==People== |
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*[[Perdita (given name)]], the history and usage of the name |
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*[[Perdita Barran]], English chemist |
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*[[Perdita Buchan]] (born 1940), Anglo-American author |
*[[Perdita Buchan]] (born 1940), Anglo-American author |
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*[[Perdita Felicien]] (born 1980), Canadian track athlete |
*[[Perdita Felicien]] (born 1980), Canadian track athlete |
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*[[Perdita Huston]] (1936–2001), women's rights activist |
*[[Perdita Huston]] (1936–2001), American women's rights activist |
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*[[Perdita Stevens]] (born 1966), British mathematician and computer scientist |
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*[[Perdita Weeks]] (born 1985), British actress |
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==Fictional Characters== |
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==Science== |
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*Queen Perdita of Vlatava ([[Ariel Winter]] as a child, [[Hynden Walch]] as a teenager), supporting character of ''[[Young Justice (TV series)]]'' in which she debuted in "Coldhearted" and was in danger of dying from a fatally weak heart, but was saved by [[Kid Flash (Wally West)|Kid Flash]]. She returns as a seventeen-year-old teenage queen in the ''[[Young Justice: Outsiders|Outsiders]]'' season and dating [[Beast Boy]]; appearing as a cameo in "Royal We" and a speaking role in "Nightmare Monkeys". |
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*Perdita Lee, a character from [[Helen Oyeyemi]]'s novel, ''Gingerbread''; the daughter of Araminta Harriet Lee and granddaughter of Margot Lee. |
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==Fiction== |
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**One Hundred and One Dalmatians, 1961 animated film by Walt Disney |
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**101 Dalmatians (1996 film), a live-action film by Walt Disney Pictures |
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*Perdita Nitt, aka Agnes Nitt, a character in the ''[[Witches (Discworld)#Agnes Nitt|Witches]]'' subset of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series |
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*Perdita Willoughby-Lloyd, a minor character from the TV series ''[[The Haunting of Bly Manor]]'' |
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*Queen Perdita of Vlatava, a character of the animated superhero series ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]'' |
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* The Free Ship Perdita, a sky-sailing ship in the 1999 novel ''[[Stardust (Gaiman novel)|Stardust]]'' (1999) by Neil Gaiman |
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==Other== |
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*[[Perdita (horse)]] (foaled 1881), English thoroughbred |
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==See also== |
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* {{in title}} |
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Latest revision as of 18:27, 6 March 2024
Perdita (Italian for "loss", from Latin for "lost woman"), may refer to:
People
[edit]- Perdita (given name), the history and usage of the name
- Perdita Barran, English chemist
- Perdita Buchan (born 1940), Anglo-American author
- Perdita Felicien (born 1980), Canadian track athlete
- Perdita Huston (1936–2001), American women's rights activist
- Perdita Stevens (born 1966), British mathematician and computer scientist
- Perdita Weeks (born 1985), British actress
Science
[edit]- Perdita, a genus of North American native bees
- Perdita (moon), a minor satellite of the planet Uranus
Fiction
[edit]- Perdita (The Winter's Tale), the heroine of Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale
- Perdita Boyte, a character from the 1936 novel And Berry Came Too by Dornford Yates
- Perdita Hyde-Sinclair, a character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Perdita Nitt, aka Agnes Nitt, a character in the Witches subset of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
- Perdita Willoughby-Lloyd, a minor character from the TV series The Haunting of Bly Manor
- Queen Perdita of Vlatava, a character of the animated superhero series Young Justice
- Perdita, a female Dalmatian dog in The Hundred and One Dalmatians, a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith, and the media franchise based on the novel; see 101 Dalmatians (disambiguation)
- The Free Ship Perdita, a sky-sailing ship in the 1999 novel Stardust (1999) by Neil Gaiman
Other
[edit]- Perdita (horse) (foaled 1881), English thoroughbred