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Lorelei

//ˈlɔːɹəlaɪ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    A siren; a temptress.

    "We grew silly, tongue-tied, said foolish things we did not mean to say, shoved one another about in the boat, and finally overturned it. The loreleis laughed musical little laughs."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Lorelei rock on the Rhine, which was haunted by one of these creatures according to German legend.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Lorelei (“murmuring rock or lurking rock”), but not used as a given name in Germany. The Lorelei (or Lorelei, Loreleï, Lore Lay, Lore-Ley, Lurley, Lurelei, Lurlei) is an infamous maritime disaster site because of the Rhine's current and the surrounding terrain. The shipwrecks have been subject to mythological explanation attempts since around 900 AD.

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