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Amphitrite

American  
[am-fi-trahy-tee] / ˌæm fɪˈtraɪ ti /

noun

  1. an ancient Greek sea goddess, a daughter of Nereus and the wife of Poseidon.


Amphitrite British  
/ ˌæmfɪˈtraɪtɪ /

noun

  1. Greek myth a sea goddess, wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton

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The photo got a big reaction when Mr Sproat, shared it on his Instagram page with the caption: "Could it be the goddess of water Amphitrite, or our beloved late Queen Elizabeth?"

From BBC

As Rivera, 27, tells it, Nymphia is the reincarnation of a Greek sea goddess, Amphitrite.

From Los Angeles Times

To that end, she has brought Kat’s last notebooks with her aboard the British cruise ship Amphitrite.

From Seattle Times

The Amphitrite’s passengers afford distraction from that trouble, even if they don’t inspire much trust in the human race.

From Seattle Times

As the Amphitrite pursues its westward course, Alther fills us in on the sights its passengers see, sometimes letting her research show too baldly, whether it’s with a character’s explanation of why impoverished Somali fishermen have turned to piracy or Jessie’s own musings on the fact that, out of the past 3,400 years in the world’s history, “only 8 percent of them had been war-free.”

From Seattle Times