Doralice is a female first name. It is often truncated to Dora or

Alice Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...

in English. It may refer to: *

Doralice (footballer) Doralice Santos (born 23 October 1963) commonly known as Doralice is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a defender for the Brazil women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the club l ...

(born 1963), Brazilian footballer *

Dora Nascimento Doralice Nascimento de Souza better known as Dora Nascimento is a Brazilian politician. She was Vice Governor of Amapá in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world ...

(full name Doralice, born 1967), Brazilian politician

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*Doralice in

Orlando furioso ''Orlando furioso'' (; ''The Frenzy of Orlando'') is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was not published in its complete form ...

Ludovico Ariosto Ludovico Ariosto (, ; ; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic '' Orlando Furioso'' (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's ''Orlando Innamorato'', describ ...

, who seems to have created the name in 1516 *Doralice in story 1.4 "Tebaldo and Doralice" (or simply "Doralice") of

The Facetious Nights of Straparola ''The Facetious Nights of Straparola'' ( 1550–1555; Italian: ''Le piacevoli notti''), also known as ''The Nights of Straparola'', is a two-volume collection of 75Nancy Canepa. "Straparola, Giovan Francesco (c. 1480–1558)" in ''The Greenwood En ...

Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola, also known as Zoan or Zuan Francesco Straparola da Caravaggio (ca. 1485–1558), was an Italian writer of poetry, and collector and writer of short stories. Some time during his life, he migrated fro ...

, written in 1550 *Doralice in

John Dryden John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration (En ...

's comedy, Marriage à la mode, written in 1672. *Doralice in

Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period (music), classical period. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subje ...

's opera

Il ricco d'un giorno is a dramma giocoso in three acts composed by Antonio Salieri. The Italian libretto was by Lorenzo Da Ponte after a work by Giovanni Bertati. Performance history The opera was first given on 6 December 1784 at the Burgtheater The Burgthea ...

, written in 1784

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