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Proserpine

Proserpine proper noun: a river in Queensland, Australia, named for the goddess in 1859. Also the alternative form of Proserpina.

Proper noun

Proserpine

  1. A river in Queensland, Australia, named for the goddess in 1859.
  2. A town in Whitsunday Region, Queensland, founded in the 1890s, so it would have been named after the river.

Also used as

Proserpine is also the alternative form of Proserpina.

Questions about Proserpine

What does Proserpine mean?
Proserpine means a river in Queensland, Australia, named for the goddess in 1859.
What part of speech is Proserpine?
Proserpine is a proper noun.

Words near Proserpine in the dictionary

  1. prosequences
  2. proser
  3. proseriate
  4. proseriates
  5. Proserpina
  6. Proserpine
  7. proserpinid
  8. proserpinids
  9. prosers
  10. proses
  11. proseucha

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