Pierides

American

[pahy-er-i-deez] / paɪˈɛr ɪˌdiz /

plural noun

Classical Mythology.

the Muses.
nine Thessalian maidens who challenged the Muses to a singing contest, lost, and were changed into magpies for insulting the victors.

Pierides British

/ paɪˈɪərɪˌdiːz /

plural noun

the Muses See Muse
nine maidens of Thessaly, who were defeated in a singing contest by the Muses and turned into magpies for their effrontery

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“Thanks to the heavy engagement of the United Nations secretary general the deadlock has been broken,” Kyriakos Pierides, a political commentator, told the Guardian from Nicosia, the island’s partitioned capital.

From The Guardian

Police found the box of flares in Pierides' luggage after arresting him as he was about to board a flight.

From BBC

Pierides was returning to Cyprus after finishing the first year of his degree when he was stopped.

From BBC

She was so concerned at what she saw that she took photographs of Pierides and passed them to police, the court heard.

From BBC

Later that day Pierides was charged with possessing the terrorist manual but due to a misunderstanding, the flares were returned to him.

From BBC

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