English Explanatory Dictionary

Merope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛɹəpi/

Word forms

Merope

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μερόπη (Merópē).

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