Aglaia
[uh-gley-uh, uh-glahy-uh]
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noun Classical Mythology.
one of the Graces.
Origin of Aglaia
< Greek: splendor, beauty
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The delight of the miller's life was his little daughter, Aglaia.
Sixes and SevensO. Henry
One day, only a week after her fourth birthday, Aglaia disappeared.
Sixes and SevensO. Henry
The country soon found out that the "Aglaia" flour had two prices.
Sixes and SevensO. Henry
The Aglaia figured with distinction in the great Mackinaw salvage-case.
The Day's Work, Volume 1Rudyard Kipling
He named the eldest Aglaia, the middle one Euphrosyne, the third Thalia.
Aglaia
noun
Word Origin for Aglaia
Greek: splendour, from aglaos splendid
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