Merope
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɹəpi/
The English word “Merope” has 4 meanings listed here.
proper noun
- The youngest of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and a consort of Hermes.
- A queen of Messenia and daughter of Cypselus, king of Arcadia.
- The least bright star in the cluster in Taurus known as the Pleiades.
- A subregion of Thrace in modern Northern Greece and southern Bulgaria, in the 14th-century Balkans.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μερόπη (Merópē).
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