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Epona

Epona proper noun: in Gallo-Roman religion, a goddess of fertility and protector of horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules.

Proper noun

Epona

  1. In Gallo-Roman religion, a goddess of fertility and protector of horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules.

Origin of Epona

Ultimately from a suffixed form of Gaulish epos (“horse”), from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Questions about Epona

What does Epona mean?
Epona means in Gallo-Roman religion, a goddess of fertility and protector of horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules.
What part of speech is Epona?
Epona is a proper noun.

Words near Epona in the dictionary

  1. epoicotheriid
  2. epoicotheriids
  3. epollicate
  4. epomania
  5. EPON
  6. Epona
  7. eponate
  8. EPONs
  9. epontic
  10. eponychia
  11. eponychial

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