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basilissa

basilissa is the alternative form of basilinna.

Meaning of basilinna

Noun

basilinna

  1. (historical) The wife of the archon basileus in her ceremonial capacity, which included taking part in a sacred ritual marriage to the god Dionysus.
    Synonyms:
    basilissa

Questions about basilissa

What is basilissa the alternative form of?
Basilissa is the alternative form of basilinna.

Words near basilissa in the dictionary

  1. basilisk lizards
  2. basiliskamide
  3. basiliskamides
  4. basilisklike
  5. basilisks
  6. basilissa
  7. basiliximab
  8. basilled
  9. basilless
  10. basilling
  11. basilolatry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basilissa (page history and authors); basilinna (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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