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Proper noun

Merope

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – a tree of Asia and the Pacific.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Meropeidae earwigfly, forcepfly.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μερόπη (Merópē).

Proper noun

Merope

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

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Noun

Merope

  1. dative singular of Merop

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