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Hermione

[hur-mahy-uh-nee]

noun

  1. the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.

  2. a female given name.



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

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Twenty-five other items were donated by British art historian Hermione Waterfield, who established the Tribal Art Department at Christie’s in 1971.

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Linke compared the structures to the small magical handbag of Hermione Granger, a fictional character in the “Harry Potter” series, saying that they can “store huge amounts of gas in a tiny volume.”

Watson, 35, played Hermione Granger in the eight films based on Rowling's books between 2001 and 2011.

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The actress also praised Rowling for the "kindness and words of encouragement" she gave when she was growing up, and for the opportunity to play a character like Hermione.

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