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Chimaera en · PROPN

Etymology

As a mythological beast, a variant of earlier Chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera. As a placename, directly from Latin Chimaera.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, dated) Alternative form of Chimera.
   alt of Chimera
   • CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly... 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184

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