corinna
/kˌɔɹˈɪnə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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An ancient Greek poetess.
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A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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A locality in Circular Head council area, Waratah-Wynyard council area and the West Coast council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
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A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States; derived from the female given name.
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A township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States, named after Corinna, Maine.
Example Sentences
- "During this period he became acquainted with the poetess Corinna, who was likewiſe a ſtudent under Myrtis, and, Pauſanias ſays, was one of the moſt beautiful women of her time."
- "The most renowned poetess of ancient Greece, after Sappho, was Corinna, who came from a town in Boeotia named Tanagra."
- "[…]it may not be going too far, in other words, to characterize Corinna's poetry as significantly "woman-identified," to use Rayor's term."
- "1601, Thomas Campion, When to Her Lute Corinna Sings, A Book of Ayres, 2006, Jay Parini (editor), The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry, page 614, When to her lute Corinna sings, / Her voice revives the leaden strings,"