Electra

See also: electra

English

Alternative forms

• Elektra

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”), related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”).

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.
2. (astronomy) One of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.
3. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Translations

mythical women

• Czech: Elektra f
• Danish: Elektra
• Greek: Ηλέκτρα (el) f (Iléktra)

  Ancient: Ἠλέκτρα f (Ēléktra)

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• Greenlandic: Elektra
• Inuktitut: ᐃᓕᒃᑦᕋ (iliktra)
• Irish: Éileictre f
• Italian: Elettra (it)

a star

• Irish: Electra
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• Maori: Tupu-ā-rangi, Waipunarangi

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