Arsinoe
Meanings
name
- A female given name of historical usage, notably borne by several queens consort of Egypt.
- An ancient port city in Egypt, at the northern end of the Gulf of Suez, on the Red Sea.
- former name of Crocodilopolis, Fayum (a city in Egypt)
- An ancient city in Cyrenaica in modern northeastern Libya; modern Tocra.
- An ancient city in northwestern Cyprus, formerly Marion.
- An ancient city in southwestern Cyprus.
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Etymology
From Latin Arsinoē, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē), the female form of Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos), from ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”) + νόος (nóos, “mind”).
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