banshee

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Irish bean sídhe, from Old Irish ben síde (“‘woman of the fairy mound’”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /bænˈʃi:/ or /ˈbænʃi:/

[edit] Noun

banshee (plural banshees)

1. In Irish folklore, a female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death. Originally a fairy woman singing a caoineadh (lament) for recently-deceased members of the O’Grady, the O’Neill, the O’Brien, the O’Connor, and the Kavanagh families, translations into English made a distinction between the banshee and other fairy folk that the original language and original stories do not seem to have, and thus the current image of the banshee.

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[edit] See also

• sidhe

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abeehns
• has-been