Electra

See also: electra

English

Alternative forms

Elektra

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”), related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”).

Proper noun

Electra

(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.
(astronomy) One of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.
(rare) A female given name.

Translations

mythical women

Czech: Elektra f
Danish: Elektra
Greek: Ηλέκτρα (el) f (Iléktra)
Ancient: Ἠλέκτρα f (Ēléktra)

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

a star

Irish: Electra

Maori: Tupu-ā-rangi

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