Cybele

American

[sib-uh-lee] / ˈsɪb əˌli /

Also Cybebe

noun

a mother goddess of Phrygia and Asia Minor, identified by the Greeks with Rhea and by the Romans with Ops.

Cybele British

/ ˈsɪbɪlɪ /

noun

classical myth the Phrygian goddess of nature, mother of all living things and consort of Attis; identified with the Greek Rhea or Demeter

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"People are not getting a chance to recover in between," says clinical psychiatrist Cybele Dey, a member of Doctors for the Environment Australia.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022

In the Studio Artist Cybele Lyle discusses her process and gives a tour of her temporary ad-hoc workspace at home in this new series from the Orange County Museum of Art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2020

A 2014 study of the revamped version by Blair and C. Cybele Raver, also at N.Y.U., showed Tools children in 29 schools also gained skills in academics.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2019

Good Counsel senior Cybele Coskun was long hesitant about becoming a goalie.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2018

Corybant, kor′i-bant, n. a priest of Cybele, whose rites were accompanied with noisy music and wild dances:—Eng. pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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