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Meaning of name
Category: Arts and Entertainment Asked by: stavrakos-ga List Price: $5.00 |
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14 Aug 2004 12:28 PDT
Expires: 13 Sep 2004 12:28 PDT Question ID: 387840 |
My name in Greek is Kallianthe. I was wondering who I was named after. Was she a goddess in Greek mythology? Or was she just a character in some Greek book about 1938 |
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Re: Meaning of name
From: pinkfreud-ga on 14 Aug 2004 16:04 PDT |
In Greek, kalli- means "beautiful," and "anthe" means "blossom" or "flower." |
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Re: Meaning of name
From: justaskscott-ga on 14 Aug 2004 19:38 PDT |
Support for pinkfreud's comment: "calaber - calyptriformis" (2002) (scroll about 1/3 of the page down to callianthus/calliantha/callianthum) Dictionary of Botanical Epithets http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary/dictionary.64.html |
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