Egeria

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Egeria

  • /ɪˈdʒɪəɹɪə/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪɹiə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin Egeria.

proper noun

  1. Roman A nymph or minor goddess from Roman mythology. On the heroine of his play he dwelt with the passionate fondness of a lover: there the real mingled with the ideal: could he write of love, and not think of Ethel Churchill? She was the Egeria of his heart, who taught him all the truth of tenderness.
  2. 13 Egeria, a main belt asteroid.

    Similar: 13 Egeria

noun

  1. A patroness. And she was being disrespectful and patronising to Lady Macmaster, Egeria to innumerable Scottish Men of Letters!

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name The Roman nymph or goddess

한국어에게리아
FrançaisÉgérie
ΕλληνικάΗγερία Igería

name Asteroid

中文芙女星 Fúnǚxīng
ItalianoEgeria
ΕλληνικάΗγερία Igería
РусскийЭгерия Egerija

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@misc{egeria_2026,
  title = {Egeria},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/egeria},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}