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merope

/ˈmɛɹəpi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
merope
IPA
/ˈmɛɹəpi/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The youngest of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and a consort of Hermes.

name

A queen of Messenia and daughter of Cypselus, king of Arcadia.

name

The least bright star in the cluster in Taurus known as the Pleiades.

name

A female given name.

name

A subregion of Thrace in modern Northern Greece and southern Bulgaria, in the 14th-century Balkans.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μερόπη (Merópē).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Μερόπη

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Questions

How do you pronounce merope?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛɹəpi/.
What does merope mean?
The youngest of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and a consort of Hermes.
Where does merope come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce merope

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