"Sappho" meaning in English

See Sappho in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈsæ.fəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsæ.foʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sappho.wav [Southern-England]
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  1. A female given name in Ancient Greek, Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ), notably borne by ancient Greek poet Sappho of Lesbos (c. 612 BCE – c. 570 BCE.
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  2. (astronomy) 80 Sappho, a main belt asteroid. Derived forms: Sapphic, sapphic, Sapphist
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  3. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek. Tags: rare
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Translations (Greek female name): Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Սապփո (Sappʻo) (Armenian), Сафо (Safo) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Safo (Catalan), Sapfo (Danish), Sappho (Dutch), Sapfo (Esperanto), Sapfo (Finnish), Sappho (French), Sappho [feminine] (German), Σαπφώ (Sapfó) (Greek), סאפפו (Sappo) (Hebrew), Szapphó (Hungarian), Szapfó (Hungarian), Safó [feminine] (Irish), Saffo (Italian), サッポー (Sappō) (Japanese), Sapphō [feminine] (Latin), Safo (Occitan), Safona (Polish), Safo (Portuguese), Сапфо́ (Sapfó) (Russian), Сафо́ (Safó) (Russian), Sapfo [feminine] (Slovak), Safo (Spanish), Sapfo (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'Greek female name': 46 2 52
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Greek female name",
      "word": "Safo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Greek female name",
      "word": "Sapfo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sappho"
}

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