Doris

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Doris can mean several things:

In Greek mythology, Doris ("bountiful") was an Oceanid, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She was married to Nereus and their fifty daughters were called the Nereids.

In geography and history, Doris was the region in central Greece in which the Dorians had their traditional homeland.

In geography and history, Doris was a region of Asia Minor inhabited by Dorians.

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.

In astronomy, 48 Doris is an asteroid.

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

In zoology it is a genus of marine mollusc.

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

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

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