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'''Dolores''' is a common [[Spanish language|Spanish]] given name, meaning "pains"; it is short for ''Maria de los Dolores,'' "Mary of the Pains" ([[Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows]]). It is often shortened to the more colloquial forms ''Lola'', ''Lolita'' or ''Loli''. It may refer to:

==Places==
*Guatemala
**[[Dolores, El Petén]]
*Mexico
** [[Dolores Hidalgo]], a town in Guanajuato
** [[Dolores, Baja California Sur]]
** [[Dolores, Chihuahua]]
*Spain
** [[Dolores, Spain]]
*Philippines
** [[Dolores, Abra]],
** [[Dolores, Eastern Samar]]
** [[Dolores, Quezon]]
*United States
** [[Dolores, Colorado]]
** [[Mission San Francisco de Asís]], in San Francisco, also known as "Mission Dolores"

==People==
* [[María Dolores Pradera]], singer
* [[Dolores Ibárruri]], "La Pasionaria", Spanish labour activist
* [[Dolores del Río]], Mexican film actress
* [[The Cranberries]] band member Dolores O'Riordan
* [[Dolores McNamara]], winner of €115 million [[EuroMillions]] jackpot
* [[Lola Flores|María de los Dolores Flores Ruiz]], also known as Lola Flores, Spanish singer.

==[[Fictional character]]s==
* [[Dolores Umbridge]], from the [[Harry Potter]] series by [[J.K. Rowling]]
* Dolores Haze, also known as Lolita, from [[Lolita]] by [[Vladimir Nabokov]]

==Other==
* [[Dolores River]]
* [[Dolores (novel)|''Dolores'' (novel)]], a 1911 novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett

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Revision as of 18:31, 25 April 2006