The grave of our foremother Eve is located in Jeddah.
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Foremother
Synonyms for "foremother" (2 found)
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19 translations across 8 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- նախամայր noun (a female ancestor)
Czech
2 entries- pramatka noun (a female ancestor)
- pramáti noun (a female ancestor)
Dutch
1 entries- voormoeder noun (a female ancestor)
German
4 entries- Ahne noun (a female ancestor)
- Ahnfrau noun (a female ancestor)
- Ahnin noun (a female ancestor)
- Stammmutter noun (a female ancestor)
Polish
2 entries- antenatka noun (a female ancestor)
- pramatka noun (a female ancestor)
Russian
1 entries- прама́терь noun (a female ancestor)
Swedish
4 entries- anmoder noun (a female ancestor)
- förmoder noun (a female ancestor)
- stammoder noun (a female ancestor)
- ättemoder noun (a female ancestor)
Volapük
1 entries- jibüröletan noun (a female ancestor)
Sample sentences
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“My strain has remained clearer than the rest because for countless ages my foremothers were high priestesses—the sacred office descends from mother to daughter.”
Source: wiktionary
This compelling narrative [The Other Sappho by Ellen Fry] is a historical romance, a colorful tapestry of a time gone by in which the author has endeavored to share her version of the lives of women-identified women who were our foremothers.
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