Doris

 

small mountainous district, central Greece, inland between the Gulf of Corinth and the Malian Gulf. It was the traditional homeland of the Dorians, who may, in fact, have paused there during their invasion of Greece. Sparta gave Doris military aid during the 5th cent. B.C.

Doris may refer to:

People

• Doris (mythology) (bountiful) was, in Greek mythology, an Oceanid, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She was married to Nereus and their fifty daughters were called the Nereids.
• One of the Nereids.
• Doris, the first wife of Herod the Great, mother of Antipater, and sister of Theudion
• The Vocalist of the Polish band Babayaga Ojo.
• The Ugly Stepsister from Shrek, Doris.
• Doris Lessing, British writer

Geography and history

• Doris (Greece) was the region in central Greece in which the Dorians had their traditional homeland. The name of this locale was derived from Dorus who in Greek Mythology was said to be the son of Hellen, the founding father of the Greek nation.
• Doris (Asia Minor) was a region of Asia Minor inhabited by Dorians.
• Doris (Iowa) is a town site in Buchanan County, Iowa, USA.

Geodesy and astronomy

• In geodesy, DORIS is a Doppler satellite tracking system developed for precise orbit determination and precise ground location. The International DORIS Service [1] is an international service which provides a support, through DORIS data and products, to geodetic, geophysical, and other research and operational activities.

• In astronomy, 48 Doris is an asteroid.

Naval history

• In naval history, Doris was a French coastal submarine of the Sirène class. At 00.14 hours on 9 May 1940, the Doris (CdC Favreul) was torpedoed and sunk North West off the Dutch Coast, 30 miles from Den Helder, by the German submarine U-9.

Computers

• Doris is the name for computer software that allows script-driven generation of OpenGL views using [[C++]], GLUT, GLUI, and Lua. Hosted at SourceForge since 2001.

• Doris is also microbrowser product developed by a small Finland-based company, Anygraaf, for Symbian operating system.

Other

• In zoology it is a genus of marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc.

• Doris was a Swedish pop group between 1966 and a few years into the 1970s.

• Doris was the name of a play authored by Robert Drouet which was produced in New York in 1895, and experienced a revival in 1899.

• Finally, in British rhyming slang, Doris is a mild insult on a par with 'pansy' (from Doris Day meaning gay).

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