Pavlova
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pævˈləʊvə/
ipa: /pævˈloʊvə/
ipa: /pɑvˈloʊvə/
ipa: /ˈpævləvə/
ipa: /ˈpɑvləvə/
rhymes: -əʊvə
rhymes: -ævləvə
rhymes: -ɑːvləvə
Forms: form: Pavlovas
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Па́влова (Pávlova), feminine form of Па́влов (Pávlov).
Senses: examples: text: "YOU WRITE TO MOSCOW": NINA PAVLOVA REVIEWS LISTENERS MAIL. […] LISTENER IS TOLD THAT THERE ARE TWO PAVLOVAS IN BRITISH SECTION -⁠- NINA AND GALINA, AN ANNOUNCER.
ref: 1984 January 16, Take 1 of Several -⁠- Commentary List: Moscow Consolidated (LD171148), page [11]:
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Па́влова (Pávlova), the feminine variant of Pavlov.
examples: text: LADIES’ DOUBLES “PAVLOVAS.” […] The winners, who literally danced their way into the final, were dubbed the two Pavlovas.
ref: 1923 July 6, “Incomparable. Mlle. [Suzanne] Lenglen Wins Again. Miss [Kathleen] McKane’s Pluck. Ladies’ Doubles ‘Pavlovas.’ […]”, in The China Mail, number 18,922, Hong Kong, published 7 July 1923, page 1, column 2:
text: “Don’t you understand what an honour it is for you that the great Pavlova has her shoes made by you?” he asked. The old man thought awhile and then answered: “Yes, it’s a great honour that she is my client.” And reflecting further, he added: “Yes, but if I had two Pavlovas, I’d be done for.” Pavlova was often approached by shoemakers of all nationalities and in all parts of the world with an offer to supply her regularly, undertaking to provide her annually with any number for her own use free of charge, on condition that she would allow them to advertise that she had found their shoes to be the best.
ref: 1932, V[ictor] Dandré, “Theatrical Costumes and Shoes”, in Anna Pavlova in Art & Life, London; […]: Cassell and Company Limited, →OCLC, page 228:
text: Bad as they were, one perforce felt masculinely behooven to admire their courage . . . conversely, one could not refrain from meanly wondering just where and for how long they’d been secretly practicing . . . however, applause and many encores (from bilge to crow’s nest) greeted all antics from our two Pavlovas . . . and reflectively, their presentations were far less hurtful than having to listen to the amateur squeakings of scrawny, self-imagined sopranos and contraltos who habitually appeared at well-remembered ship’s concerts in bygone years.
ref: 1952 July 8, H. T. Matson, “Once a Week”, in The Daily Colonist, 94th year, number 175, Victoria, B.C., page 2, column 1:
text: Every detail entranced her: the leotards, the tutus, the entrechats and pas de deux, the names: Pavlova, Diaghilev, Fonteyn; […]
ref: 1978, Eric Malpass, chapter 11, in The Long Long Dances: More Hilarious Adventures of the Outrageous Pentecost Family, London: Corgi Books, →ISBN, page 115:
text: “Yes, a toast!” Gersh says, lifting his glass of Ukraine vodka. “To our two Pavlovas,” looking to Vera and Nina with his healthy eye, “and of course,” now toward Viktor, “our next Annabelle Bucar!” They laugh; it’s the name of the author of the big best-seller The Truth about American Diplomats. […] Viktor, putting on a mock expression of competition, says, “To dance!”
ref: 2010, Daphne Kalotay, chapter 7, in Russian Winter, London: Arrow Books, The Random House Group Limited, published 2012, →ISBN, book I, pages 199–200:
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Па́влова (Pávlova), the feminine variant of Pavlov.
Anna Pavlova (Russian ballet dancer).
glosses: A female surname from Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Slovak, masculine equivalent Pavlov.
glosses: A female surname from Czech or Slovak, masculine equivalent Pavel.