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Pherrephassa

Pherrephassa is the alternative form of Persephone.

Meaning of Persephone

Proper noun

Persephone

  1. (Greek) A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina.
  2. 399 Persephone, a main belt asteroid.
  3. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • ‘My name is Persephone’ she says, ‘but in England everyone calls me Seph.’2008, Gaynor McGrath, Lemniscate, Transit Lounge Publishing (2011) (e-book), chapter 23, 376
  4. The ninth or tenth planet, orbiting beyond Pluto.

Questions about Pherrephassa

What is Pherrephassa the alternative form of?
Pherrephassa is the alternative form of Persephone.

Words near Pherrephassa in the dictionary

  1. pheromonotropic
  2. pheromotropic
  3. Pherophatta
  4. pherotype
  5. pherotypic
  6. Pherrephassa
  7. Phersephassa
  8. Phersephatta
  9. Phersephoneia
  10. Pherzawl
  11. PHEs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pherrephassa (page history and authors); Persephone (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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