A daughter of Fosco Baggins, and the elder sister of Frodo's father Drogo. She was thus one of Frodo Baggins' aunts, as well as Bilbo's second cousin. Dora was well known for her habit of sending letters filled with copious advice to her relatives - even to her elders, such as Bilbo himself. At the time of his famous Farewell feast, she was his oldest living female relation, at the age of ninety-nine. After Bilbo's departure from the Shire, one of the gifts he left behind was marked for Dora: a waste-paper basket, in memory of the reams of advice she had sent. Dora lived for only five more years after the Party, surviving to the age of one hundred and four.
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That is, the modern name 'Dora' ultimately derives from Greek dōron, 'gift' or 'sacrificial offering'. However, Dora is also listed by Tolkien as an original Hobbit-name that happens to correspond with a familiar modern name, except for a change in ending to make the name appear feminine to a modern reader. So, this Hobbit would have actually had the name Dore or Doro in the Shire, with the original meaning not being recorded.
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