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Anticlea

Anticlea proper noun: a queen of Ithaca, the wife of King Laërtes.

Proper noun

Anticlea

  1. (Greek) A queen of Ithaca, the wife of King Laërtes.

Forms of Anticlea

alternative formAnticlia

Origin of Anticlea

From Ancient Greek Ἀντίκλεια (Antíkleia, literally “without fame”).

Questions about Anticlea

What does Anticlea mean?
Anticlea means a queen of Ithaca, the wife of King Laërtes.
What part of speech is Anticlea?
Anticlea is a proper noun.

Words near Anticlea in the dictionary

  1. anticlassicists
  2. anticlassism
  3. anticlastic
  4. anticlastogenic
  5. anticlastogenicity
  6. Anticlea
  7. anticlergy
  8. anticleric
  9. anticlerical
  10. anticlericalism
  11. anticlericalist

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