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Cleopatra en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kliːoʊˈpætɹə/

Etymology

From Middle English Cleopatra, from Latin Cleopatra, from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra), meaning "glory of her father", from κλέος (kléos, “glory”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).

Meanings

1. A woman of great seductive beauty.
   • Inanna becomes the archetype for all the Cleopatras to come; she is "the bitch goddess" who from her first appearance in Sumerian civilization will live on in all other civilizations - in myth and legend, novel and poem, Shakespearean play and Hollywood film. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 165:
2. A variety of apple.
3. The Cleopatra butterfly (Gonepteryx cleopatra).

Forms

Cleopatra en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kliːoʊˈpætɹə/

Etymology

From Middle English Cleopatra, from Latin Cleopatra, from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra), meaning "glory of her father", from κλέος (kléos, “glory”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).

Meanings

1. A given name of women in the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt; notably Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69–30 BCE); last of the Ptolemy line.
2. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Forms

Deriveds

Cleopatra wig · Cleopatra mandarin

Relateds

Cleopas

Translations (43)

xcl Կղէոպատրա (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · cop ⲕⲗⲉⲩⲡⲁⲧⲣⲁ (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · ja クレオパトラ (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · el Κλεοπάτρα (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · it Cleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · ka კლეოპატრა (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · pt Cleópatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · uk Клеопа́тра (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · fr Cléopâtre (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · ur قلوپطرہ (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · fi Kleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · th คลีโอพัตรา (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · sk Kleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · cop ⲕⲗⲉⲟⲡⲁⲧⲣⲁ (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · ko 클레오파트라 (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · la Cleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · gl Cleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · cmn 克萊奧帕特拉 /克莱奥帕特拉 (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · mr क्लिओपात्रा (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · tr Kleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · sq Kleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · grc Κλεοπάτρα (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · eo Kleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · de Kleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · ca Cleòpatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · fo Kleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · pl Kleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · sh Kleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · da Kleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · ar كْلِيوْبَاتْرَا (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · hy Կլեոպատրա (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · hu Kleopátra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · sh Клеопатра (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · mk Клеопатра (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · sl Kleópatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · ru Клеопа́тра (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · cmn 克婁巴特拉 /克娄巴特拉 (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · ro Cleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · arz كليوباترا (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · bg Клеопа́тра (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · fa کلئوپاترا (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · cs Kleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty) · es Cleopatra (a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty)