Speaking of 'Ursus', the Franco-Estotian restaurant
in Ada (2.8), it reminds one not only of a character in Victor
Hugo's L'homme qui rit, but also of Atta Troll, the bear
in Heine's eponymous long poem (subtitled "A Summer Night's Dream",
1841).
Atta Troll + air = Tartar +
Lolita
Ursus + la Rousse + art = Ursula +
ours + sestra
la Rousse - Fr.,
red-haired woman/girl; cf. Cordula's words: "a dozen
blondes, three brunettes and one red-haired, la Rousse, can wisper French in
their sleep" (1.27); Larousse - French
lexicographer (1817-75)
Ursula - female
given name; on Antiterra, a novel by Floeberg (1.20)
ours - Fr.,
bear
sestra - Russ.,
sister
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