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Proserpine

American  
[proh-sur-puh-nee] / proʊˈsɜr pə ni /
Also Proserpina

noun

  1. Persephone.


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But he moves on without me, and I stand alone a while longer and stare at the goose bumps raised and rippled, carved by a tool onto Proserpine.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022

“The roads are closed north and south of Proserpine, so we would have been stuck in Airlie Beach with no food, water or power. I have a daughter still stuck in Airlie now.”

From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2017

John Collins, a member of the Whitsundays government council, was sheltering from the storm with his wife and four daughters inside their house in Proserpine.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2017

The costumes were scrappy, like a conservatory’s work, though Pluton and Proserpine had a charming goth-Victorian vibe.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2014

Proserpine was willing to do Venus a service, and Psyche, greatly encouraged, bore back the box, returning far more quickly than she had gone down.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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