Sedna
- a large planet-like object discovered in 2003, orbiting the sun but considerably beyond Pluto
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Word Origin
C21: after the Inuit goddess of the ocean
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Historical Examples
Sedna is the mistress of one of the countries to which the souls go after death.
The Central EskimoFranz Boas
Meantime the storm subsided, for the fulmars thought Sedna was drowned.
The Central EskimoFranz Boas
They have since lived in the land of Adlivun, of which Sedna is the mistress.
The Central EskimoFranz Boas
Sedna could not long resist such wooing and they went together over the vast sea.
The Central EskimoFranz Boas
He killed the fulmar, took Sedna into his boat, and they quickly left the country which had brought so much sorrow to Sedna.
The Central EskimoFranz Boas