othello

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Othello
    n 1: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not
         trust his wife
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Othello, WA (city, FIPS 52215)
  Location: 46.82044 N, 119.16709 W
  Population (1990): 4638 (1637 housing units)
  Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Othello, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
   Population (2000):    5847
   Housing Units (2000): 1864
   Land area (2000):     2.998938 sq. miles (7.767213 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.998938 sq. miles (7.767213 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            52215
   Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
   Location:             46.823679 N, 119.167319 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Othello, WA
    Othello
from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date
OTHELLO

of Venice.  Born in Morocco.  Went to Venice and fell
in love with one Desdemona, an Italian girl.  They were
married.  Mrs. Othello lost one of her favorite handkerchiefs
and was killed by her enraged husband.  Shakespeare, of
England, a writer, heard of the incident and made some money
out of it.
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