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Alea

Alea proper noun: a town in ancient Arcadia.

Proper noun

Alea

  1. (historical) A town in ancient Arcadia.
  2. (historical) A town in ancient Thessaly.
  3. (Greek) An epithet of the goddess Athena, prominent in Arcadian mythology.

Questions about Alea

What does Alea mean?
Alea means a town in ancient Arcadia.
What part of speech is Alea?
Alea is a proper noun.

Words near Alea in the dictionary

  1. ale-taster
  2. ale-tasters
  3. ale-washed
  4. ale-wife
  5. ale-wives
  6. Alea
  7. Aleah
  8. aleak
  9. aleation
  10. aleatoric
  11. aleatorically

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