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Hekabe

Hekabe is the alternative form of Hecuba.

Meaning of Hecuba

Proper noun

Hecuba

  1. (Greek) the wife of King Priam of Troy, mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra, who changed through rage into a dog.

Origin of Hekabe

From Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē).

Questions about Hekabe

What is Hekabe the alternative form of?
Hekabe is the alternative form of Hecuba.

Words near Hekabe in the dictionary

  1. Hejlsberg
  2. hejra
  3. hejras
  4. hejtmanite
  5. heka
  6. Hekabe
  7. hekat
  8. Hekate
  9. Hekatean
  10. Hekatombaion
  11. Hekatompedon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hekabe (page history and authors); Hecuba (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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