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Parthenia

American  
[pahr-thee-nee-uh] / pɑrˈθi ni ə /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”


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Granddaddy Charles was born to Reak Henry Green and Parthenia Smith Green, my great-grandparents, in 1922.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2023

A little less than a half hour later, Jenal said, officers spotted someone matching the description about a half a mile away, near Willis and Parthenia Street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2015

In Pennsylvania and Virginia she recounted “clear traces of Colonial days,” including quaint names on gravestones, such as Parthenia, Edmonia and Johanah.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2015

Parthenia opened the evening with a “Renaissance Songbook,” instrumental and vocal works, mostly English, with Ryland Angel delivering the texts either as countertenor or in his natural voice range.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2010

We looked admiringly upon the "Twin Trees" named for Ingomar and Parthenia, and perhaps like these lovers of old, embodied "two hearts that beat as one."

From The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl by Mary L. Day

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