Semiramis

[si-mir-uh-mis]

noun

a legendary Assyrian queen, the wife of Ninus and founder of Babylon, noted for her wisdom and beauty.

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Contemporary Examples of semiramis

One, called the Qasr al-Nile bridge, runs past the high-rise Semiramis Hotel directly into the square.
Egypt’s Military Is Waiting for the Worst
Christopher Dickey, Mike Giglio
July 6, 2013
Below are a series of tweets reflecting escalating panic from the staff of the Semiramis InterContinental Hotel.
Further Chaos in Egypt: Tweets Describe a Cairo Hotel's Terrifying Ordeal
Justin Green
January 29, 2013

Historical Examples of semiramis

You do not see the antediluvian kingdom, that of Sesostris and that of Semiramis?
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Semiramis asked the oracle if the operation had been successful.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Surely she never should have been Semiramis, even in her palmy day!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845
Various
Semiramis tried to come in, but was caught and shut up downstairs.
Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia
Andrew Lang
Diodorus attributes all these buildings to his fabulous Semiramis.
A History of Art in Chalda & Assyria, v. 1
Georges Perrot

British Dictionary definitions for semiramis

Semiramis

noun

the legendary founder of Babylon and wife of Ninus, king of Assyria, which she ruled with great skill after his death

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