English Explanatory Dictionary

Eleuthera

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A long thin Bahamas island, east of Nassau, New Providence.

Pronunciation

/iˈluːθəɹə/

Word forms

Eleuthera

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros Proto-Hellenic *eléutʰeros Ancient Greek ἐλευθέρᾱ (eleuthérā)lbor. English Eleuthera Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλευθέρᾱ (eleuthérā, feminine singular of ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, “free”)).

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