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Querquetulanae

Querquetulanae noun: the nymphs of the oak grove.

Noun

Querquetulanae pl (plural only)

  1. (Roman, plural, plural-only) The nymphs of the oak grove.
    • These Querquetulanae have an apparent, or barely possible, survival in the spirits called Querkeln in Bavaria.2002, Charles Godfrey Leland, Etruscan Roman Remains and the Old Religion, page 106
    • There weren't demons or vampires or fairies or shellycoats or Querquetulanae or any of that stuff.2018, W. Stone Cotter, Saint Philomene's Infirmary for Magical Creatures

Questions about Querquetulanae

What does Querquetulanae mean?
Querquetulanae means the nymphs of the oak grove.
What part of speech is Querquetulanae?
Querquetulanae is a noun.

Words near Querquetulanae in the dictionary

  1. quero
  2. queros
  3. querpo
  4. querquedule
  5. querquedules
  6. Querquetulanae
  7. Querrey
  8. Querreys
  9. querries
  10. querry
  11. Querrys

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