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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The youngest of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and a consort of Hermes. Greek
2. 2
   A queen of Messenia and daughter of Cypselus, king of Arcadia. Greek
3. 3
   The least bright star in the cluster in Taurus known as the Pleiades.
4. 4
   A female given name. rare
5. 5
   A subregion of Thrace in modern Northern Greece and southern Bulgaria, in the 14th-century Balkans. historical

Synonyms

All synonyms

peitho

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μερόπη (Merópē).

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