Definitions for "Doria"
Doria, originally de Auria (from de filiis Auriae), meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa from the 12th century to the 16th century. Legend has that a noble Genoese lady named Auria or Oria della Volta fell in love with a noble pilgrim who was going to Jerusalem for the First Crusade; his name was Arduino di Narbonne but their children were named after the mother — de Oria, the children of Oria.
a kind of open weave cloth that has a subtle check effect formed by regular interspacing of finer and thicker threads