"Persephone" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /pəˈsɛfəni/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɚˈsɛfəniː/ [US] Audio: en-us-Persephone.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pers-}}, {{uder|en|grc|Περσεφόνη}} Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Persephone
  1. (Greek mythology) A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities
    Sense id: en-Persephone-en-name-RwJz38-p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 13 29 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 21 30 21 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (astronomy) 399 Persephone, a main belt asteroid. Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: Persephonë
    Sense id: en-Persephone-en-name-XmMonUoS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 13 29 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 21 30 21 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek. Tags: rare Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (Greek goddess): Persefonía [feminine] (Albanian), Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), পার্সিফোন (parśiphōn) (Bengali), Persefone (Breton), Персефона (Persefona) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Persèfone [feminine] (Catalan), 珀耳塞福涅 (Pò'ěrsāifúniè) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲡⲉⲣⲥⲉⲫⲟⲛⲏ (persephonē) (Coptic), Persefona [feminine] (Czech), Persefone (Danish), Persephone (Dutch), Persefono (Esperanto), Persefone (Finnish), Perséphone [feminine] (French), Persephone (German), Περσεφόνη (Persefóni) [feminine] (Greek), פרספונה (Hebrew), पर्सिफ़ोनी (parsifonī) (Hindi), Perszephoné (Hungarian), Peirsifiné [feminine] (Irish), Peirséifiné [feminine] (Irish), Persefone (Italian), ペルセポネー (Peruseponē) (Japanese), 페르세포네 (pereusepone) (Korean), Persephonē [feminine] (Latin), Persefone (Latvian), Persefonė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Persephone (Luxembourgish), पर्सेफनी (parsephnī) [feminine] (Marathi), Persephone (Norwegian), Persefona [feminine] (Polish), Perséfone [feminine] (Portuguese), Persefona [feminine] (Romanian), Персефо́на (Persefóna) [feminine] (Russian), Персефона [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Perzefona [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Persefona [feminine] (Slovak), Perséfone [feminine] (Spanish), Persefone (Swedish), เพอร์ซิโฟเน (Thai), Persephone (Turkish), Персефо́на (Persefóna) [feminine] (Ukrainian) Translations (female given name): Persefoní [feminine] (Albanian), Persefonía [feminine] (Albanian), Περσεφόνη (Persefóni) [feminine] (Greek), पर्सेफनी (parsephnī) [feminine] (Marathi)
    Sense id: en-Persephone-en-name-G1A8salx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 13 29 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 21 30 21 Disambiguation of 'Greek goddess': 37 5 52 6 Disambiguation of 'female given name': 2 1 94 2
  4. (science fiction) The tenth planet, orbiting beyond Pluto. Categories (topical): Fictional planets, Pluto
    Sense id: en-Persephone-en-name-kOHvWmDT Disambiguation of Fictional planets: 16 11 32 40 Disambiguation of Pluto: 16 18 26 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 13 29 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 21 30 21 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
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      "code": "sh",
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