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Alcmena

/ælkˈmiːnə/

Alcmena is the alternative form of Alcmene.

Meaning of Alcmene

Proper noun

Alcmene

  1. (Greek) Descendant of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.
  2. 82 Alkmene, a main belt asteroid.

Origin of Alcmena

From Latin Alcmēna.

Questions about Alcmena

What is Alcmena the alternative form of?
Alcmena is the alternative form of Alcmene.
How do you pronounce Alcmena?
Alcmena is pronounced /ælkˈmiːnə/.

Words near Alcmena in the dictionary

  1. ALCM
  2. Alcmaeonid
  3. Alcmaeonids
  4. Alcman
  5. Alcmanian
  6. Alcmena
  7. Alcmene
  8. Alcmeonid
  9. Alcmeonids
  10. ALCMs
  11. alco

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Alcmena (page history and authors); Alcmene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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