Lolita

The name is from Spanish Lolita, diminutive of Lola, from the given name Dolores.

The noun derives from the name: see the etymology at lolita for details.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləʊlˈli.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /loʊlˈli.ɾə/, /ləlˈli.ɾə/

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Lolita

1. A female given name from Spanish.
   • 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 1, in Lolita:

     She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita.

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Lolita (plural Lolitas)

1. Alternative letter-case form of lolita, a girl pursued sexually by an adult man, a nymphet.

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1928. From Spanish Lolita. Character in the play Lolitas brīnumputns (1926) by Anna Brigadere.

Lolita f

1. Lolita: a female given name

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Lolita was the only given name of 1849 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Lolita f

1. Lolita: a female given name

Lola +‎ -ita

• IPA^(key): /loˈlita/ [loˈli.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: Lo‧li‧ta

Lolita f

1. Lolita: a diminutive of the female given name Dolores

• → English: Lolita
  • English: lolita
    • Japanese: ロリタ
• → Latvian: Lolita
• → Lithuanian: Lolita
• → Arabic: لُولِيتَا‎ (lūlītā)
• → Japanese: ロリタ
  • Japanese: ロリ
    • Korean: 로리 (rori)
• → Korean: 로리타 (rorita)
• → Russian: Лоли́та (Lolíta)