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Alcyone en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ælˈsaɪ.əˌni/

Etymology

Latin Alcyonē, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκυόνη (Alkuónē), from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn), which is considered to be of Pre-Greek origin.

Meanings

  1. (Greek) One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
  2. (Greek) Daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx.
  3. One of the stars of the Pleiades star cluster, named after the mythical character.

Relateds

halcyon · halcyon days

Translations (11)

de Alkione (Star) · el Αλκυόνη (Star) · el Αλκυόνη (Daughter of Atlas) · hi अम्बा तारा (Star) · pt Alcíone (Star) · pt Alcíone (Daughter of Atlas) · ru Альцио́на (Star) · pt Alcyone (Star) · pt Alcíone (Daughter of Aeolus) · el Αλκυόνη (Daughter of Aeolus) · mi Matariki (Star)