English Explanatory Dictionary

Caïssa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Thracian dryad who is portrayed as the goddess of chess

Word forms

Caïssa

Etymology

Invented in 1763 by William Jones for his poem Caïssa.

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