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Parthenia

[ pahr-thee-nee-uh ]

/ pɑrˈθi ni ə /

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noun Classical Mythology.

an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”

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Words nearby Parthenia

parted, parted per tierce, partera, parterre, part exchange, Parthenia, partheno-, parthenocarpy, parthenogenesis, parthenogenone, Parthenon

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Example sentences from the Web for Parthenia

And in due time Cattleya intermedia Parthenia appeared, to astonish and delight the universe.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle
Then Parthenia dresses herself as a knight, and fights her husband's conqueror.
The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare|J. J. Jusserand
The original text inconsistently uses a breve over the e in "Parthenia" and "Passameso."
Shakespeare and Music|Edward W. Naylor
Thinking of the wearied Parthenia, I began to consider for the first time that perhaps she had better married the old Greek.
Legends and Tales|Bret Harte

There is not enough human reality about Parthenia to allow her representative to interest very deeply the sympathy of her hearers.
Mary Anderson|J. M. Farrar

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