Turkish Kazdaği. Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5,810 feet (1,771 meters).
Modern Name Mount Psiloriti. the highest mountain in Crete. 8,058 feet (2,456 meters).
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “happy.”
Modern Greek name: Idhi. a mountain in central Crete: the highest on the island; in ancient times associated with the worship of Zeus. Height: 2456 m (8057 ft)
Turkish name: Kaz Daği. a mountain in NW Turkey, southeast of the site of ancient Troy. Height: 1767 m (5797 ft)
< New Latin, taken as neuter plural of Latin -idēs offspring of < Greek; see -id 1
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In 1872, he leveraged secret fare reductions from railroads to buy out 22 of 26 competitors in the “Cleveland Massacre,” a fact revealed by Ida Tarbell, the original investigative reporter.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
Their teacher, Ida Peters, notices the difference too.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Her accent alternates mid-sentence from city gal to snidely British, Ida loudly accusing a mob boss of murdering women.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
“We are not in a hurry to reduce the policy rate further,” Governor Ida Wolden Bache said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Ida sent me to bed early, but no sleep came.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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