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Corinna en · PROPN

From Ancient Greek, probably from κόρη (kórē, “girl, maid, daughter”); compare kore.

(historical) An ancient Greek poetess.
- […]it may not be going too far, in other words, to characterize Corinna's poetry as significantly "woman-identified," to use Rayor's term. 2005, David H. J. Larmour, “2: Corinna's Poetic Metis and the Epinikian Tradition”, in Ellen Greene, editor, Women Poets in Ancient Greece and Rome, page 25:
- During this period he became acquainted with the poetess Corinna, who was likewiſe a ſtudent under Myrtis, and, Pauſanias ſays, was one of the moſt beautiful women of her time. 1816, “Pindar”, in Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 2nd edition, volume 17, page 559:
- The most renowned poetess of ancient Greece, after Sappho, was Corinna, who came from a town in Boeotia named Tanagra. 1999, David Mulroy, editor, Early Greek Lyric Poetry, page 167:
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1601, Thomas Campion, When to Her Lute Corinna Sings, A Book of Ayres, 2006, Jay Parini (editor), The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry, page 614, When to her lute Corinna sings, / Her voice revives the leaden strings,
A locality in Circular Head council area, Waratah-Wynyard council area and the West Coast council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States; derived from the female given name.
A township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States, named after Corinna, Maine.

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