"Zephyr" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|grc|Ζέφυρος|}} Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Zephyr
  1. (Greek mythology) The god of the West Wind. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities, Compass points, Wind Synonyms: Zephyrus Hypernyms: Anemoi, Aquilon Derived forms: zephyrette, Zephyrette Coordinate_terms: Boreas (english: north), Septentrio (english: north), Notos (english: south), Auster (english: south), Eurus (english: east), Subsolanus (english: east), Zephyr [West], Zephyrus [West], Favonius [West] Translations (Greek god): Zefyros (Finnish), Zephürosz (Hungarian), Zefiro [masculine] (Italian), Zefir [masculine] (Polish), Zéfiro [masculine] (Portuguese), Зефи́р (Zefír) [masculine] (Russian), Céfiro [masculine] (Spanish), Zefyros (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Zephyr-en-name-kES2-3UM Disambiguation of Compass points: 84 16 Disambiguation of Wind: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 90 10 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'Greek god': 97 3
  2. (poetic) The west wind personified. Tags: poetic Translations (The west wind personified): صبا (sabâ) (Persian), Зефи́р (Zefír) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Zephyr-en-name-qvypRsjI Disambiguation of 'The west wind personified': 23 77

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