English Explanatory Dictionary

strigoi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Balkan folklore, the troubled souls of the dead rising from the grave.

Word forms

strigoi

Etymology

From Romanian strigoi, from strigă, from Latin striga (“hag, evil spirit”), from strix (“screech owl”).

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