"Electra" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἠλέκτρα, (Ēléktra, "amber"), from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”), related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|grc|ἤλεκτρον||amber}} Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”), {{m|grc|ἠλέκτωρ||shining sun}} ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Electra
  1. (Greek mythology) Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology Translations (mythical women): Ἠλέκτρα (Ēléktra) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Elektra [feminine] (Czech), Elektra (Danish), Ηλέκτρα (Iléktra) [feminine] (Greek), Elektra (Greenlandic), ᐃᓕᒃᑦᕋ (iliktra) (Inuktitut), Éileictre [feminine] (Irish), Elettra (Italian)
    Sense id: en-Electra-en-name-HuTXfusH Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'mythical women': 85 2 14
  2. (astronomy) One of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster. Categories (topical): Stars Translations (a star): Electra (Irish), Tupu-ā-rangi (Maori), Waipunarangi (Maori)
    Sense id: en-Electra-en-name-S3MLX4nI Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'a star': 0 100 0
  3. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek. Tags: rare Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Electra-en-name-G1A8salx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Elektra

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