Merope

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Merope

  • /ˈmɛɹəpi/

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From Ancient Greek Μερόπη (Merópē).

proper noun

  1. Greek The youngest of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and a consort of Hermes.
  2. Greek A queen of Messenia and daughter of Cypselus, king of Arcadia.
  3. The least bright star in the cluster in Taurus known as the Pleiades.
  4. rare A female given name.
  5. historical A subregion of Thrace in modern Northern Greece and southern Bulgaria, in the 14th-century Balkans.

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हिन्दीमेघयंती तारा meghyantī tārā
FrançaisMérope

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"Merope." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/merope. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Merope. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/merope

Chicago

"Merope." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/merope.

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@misc{merope_2026,
  title = {Merope},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/merope},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}