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Hermione

American  
[hur-mahy-uh-nee] / hɜrˈmaɪ əˌni /

noun

  1. the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.

  2. a female given name.


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The production’s assets also include luminous star power supplied by Raúl Esparza and Lily Rabe as King Leontes of Sicilia and his Queen Hermione.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

McLaughlin will star as the titular wizard opposite Stanton as Hermione Granger and Stout as Ron Weasley.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

His golden Gryffindor trio included Emma Watson as the muggle-born bookworm Hermione and Rupert Grint as the loyal but sometimes insensitive Ron.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2025

Twenty-five of the pieces were donated by British art historian Hermione Waterfield and the rest by South African mining company AngloGold Ashanti.

From BBC Nov. 11, 2025

“Am I about to discover where you, Ron, and Hermione disappeared to while you were supposed to be in the back room of Fred and George’s shop?”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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