Perse
EnglishEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
From Ancient Greek Περση (Persē, literally “Persian woman”)
Proper nounEdit
Perse
- (Greek mythology) An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, with who she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.
TranslationsEdit
one of the Oceanids
Further readingEdit
Etymology 2Edit
A variant of Piers.
Proper nounEdit
Perse
- A rare surname, from given names.
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Latin, itself from Old Persian.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Perse f
NounEdit
Perse m or f (plural Perses)
- Persian person