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Proper name [English]

IPA: /mɪˈdjuːsə/, /mɪˈdjuːzə/, /məˈduːsə/ [US] Audio: En-us-Medusa.oga Forms: Medousa [alternative]
enPR: mĭ'dū'sə [US], mĭ'dū'zə [US] Rhymes: -uːsə Etymology: From Middle English Medusa, Meduse, from Latin Medūsa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*med-}}, {{inh|en|enm|Medusa}} Middle English Medusa, {{der|en|la|Medūsa}} Latin Medūsa, {{der|en|grc|Μέδουσα}} Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Medusa
  1. (Greek mythology) The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus. Wikipedia link: Medusa (Rubens), Medusa (disambiguation), Rubens Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology Derived forms: medusafish, medusahead, medusal Related terms: Euryale, Stheno Translations (one of the Gorgons): Μέδουσα (Médousa) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مَدُوزَة (madūza) [feminine] (Arabic), Medusa (Catalan), ᎺᏚᏌ (medusa) (Cherokee), 美杜莎 (Měidùshā) (Chinese Mandarin), Medusa [feminine] (Dutch), Meduzo (Esperanto), Meduusa (Finnish), Méduse [feminine] (French), Medusa [feminine] (German), Μέδουσα (Médousa) [feminine] (Greek), Medusza (Hungarian), ᒥᑑᓴ (mitoosa) (Inuktitut), Medusa [feminine] (Italian), メドゥーサ (Japanese), Medūsa [feminine] (Latin), Medūza [feminine] (Lithuanian), मेड्यूसा (meḍyūsā) (Marathi), Meduza [feminine] (Polish), Medusa [feminine] (Portuguese), Меду́за (Medúza) [feminine] (Russian), Medusa [feminine] (Spanish), Medusa (Swahili), Medusa [common-gender] (Swedish), Medusa (Turkish)

Proper name [Italian]

IPA: /meˈdu.za/
Rhymes: -uza Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”). Etymology templates: {{der|it|grc|Μέδουσα}} Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa) Head templates: {{it-proper noun|f}} Medusa f
  1. (Greek mythology) Medusa Wikipedia link: it:Medusa Tags: Greek, feminine Categories (topical): Greek mythology

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} Medusa
  1. Rōmaji transcription of メドゥサ Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: メドゥサ

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: /meˈduː.sa/ [Classical-Latin], [mɛˈd̪uːs̠ä] [Classical-Latin], /meˈdu.sa/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [meˈd̪uːs̬ä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|Μέδουσα}} Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Medūsa<1>}} Medūsa f sg (genitive Medūsae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Medūsa<1>}} Forms: Medūsa [canonical, feminine, singular], Medūsae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Medūsa [nominative, singular], Medūsae [genitive, singular], Medūsae [dative, singular], Medūsam [accusative, singular], Medūsā [ablative, singular], Medūsa [singular, vocative]
  1. (Greek mythology) Medusa (a gorgon) Tags: Greek, declension-1 Categories (topical): Greek deities

Proper name [Portuguese]

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|pt|grc|Μέδουσα}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa) Head templates: {{head|pt|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} Medusa f, {{pt-proper noun|f}} Medusa f
  1. (Greek mythology) Medusa (creature with a petrifying gaze) Tags: Greek, feminine Categories (topical): Greek mythology

Proper name [Spanish]

IPA: /meˈdusa/, [meˈð̞u.sa]
Rhymes: -usa Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|grc|Μέδουσα}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa) Head templates: {{head|es|proper nouns|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} Medusa f, {{es-proper noun|f}} Medusa f
  1. (Greek mythology) Medusa Tags: Greek, feminine Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Mythological creatures, Mythology

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Latin Medūsa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa). Etymology templates: {{bor|mul|la|Medūsa}} Latin Medūsa, {{der|mul|grc|Μέδουσα}} Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Medusa|nogendercat=1}} Medusa f
  1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the phylum Cnidaria – diverse jellyfishes, now assigned to numerous other genera. Tags: archaic, feminine Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Cnidaria (english: phylum)

Proper name [Turkish]

Head templates: {{head|tr|proper noun|head=}} Medusa, {{tr-proper noun}} Medusa
  1. (Greek mythology) Medusa Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities

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      "word": "ᒥᑑᓴ"
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      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Eukaryota"
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      "word": "Animalia"
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