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Stateira

Stateira proper noun: the queen and consort of the Persian king Artaxerxes II.

Proper noun

Stateira

  1. (historical) The queen and consort of the Persian king Artaxerxes II.
  2. (historical) The queen and wife of the Persian king Darius III.
  3. (historical) A daughter of Darius III by Stateira who became a wife of Alexander the Great.
  4. 831 Stateira a main belt asteroid, named after the wife of Artaxerxes II.

Questions about Stateira

What does Stateira mean?
Stateira means the queen and consort of the Persian king Artaxerxes II.
What part of speech is Stateira?
Stateira is a proper noun.

Words near Stateira in the dictionary

  1. statehooder
  2. statehooders
  3. statehoods
  4. statehouse
  5. statehouses
  6. Stateira
  7. stateism
  8. stateisms
  9. stateless
  10. stateless capitalism
  11. stateless person

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