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Date "Fenella" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Specialty Definition: FENELLA

Domain Definition
Literature Fenella A pretended deaf and dumb sylph-like attendant on the Countess of Derby, in Scott's Peveril of the Peak. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Wikipedic Fenella is a fairy-like attendant of the Countess of Derby, deaf and dumb, in Scott's Peveril of the Peak, a character suggested by Goethe's Mignon in Wilhelm Meister. (references)

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Common Expressions: FENELLA

Expressions Definition
Fenella Fielding Fenella Fielding (born 17 November 1930): The English actress was originally named Fenella Feldman, hence spreading rumours that she was the sister of Marty Feldman. She has declared that this was not the case. (references)
Fenella Kernebone Fenella Kernebone presented Triple J's Arts program, Artery (1999 - 2003). She currently presents the electronic music show, The Sound Lab (2003 - present). She also presents The Movie Show on SBS TV. Kernebone got her radio experience at Sydney community radio station 2SER. (references)

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Extended Definition: FENELLA

Fenella

Fenella may refer to:

In people:

  • Fenella Fielding (born 1927), English actress
  • Fenella Fudge (formerly Hadingham), BBC Radio newsreader
  • Fenella Kernebone, Australian radio and TV presenter
  • Fenella Woolgar, English actress
  • The daughter of Cuncar of Angus (given as Finnguala, Fimberhele, Finele, or Sibill in various sources)

In fiction:

  • A character in Walter Scott's Peveril of the Peak
  • A character in Diana Wynne Jones's Time of the Ghost
  • The eponymous subject of the Fenella in ... children's books by David Gentleman
  • An anglicization of of Fionnuala, daughter of Lir in Irish mythology
  • Fenella the Kettle Witch, a character from Chorlton and the Wheelies

In places:

See also

  • The Fate of Fenella, an 1891–1892 experimental novel

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Fenella". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: FENELLA

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Fenella Fielding 6     Fenella 3
The Fate of Fenella 6     Fenella Fielding 6
Fenella Woolgar 3     Fenella Fudge 2
Fenella 3     Fenella Kernebone 3
Fenella Kernebone 3     Fenella Woolgar 3
Fenella Fudge 2     The Fate of Fenella 6

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).