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Nausicaa

proper noun

  1. character of the Odyssey
  2. feamle given name
  3. fictional planet
  4. crater on Thetys
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /nɔːˈsɪkiə/ / /nɔːˈsɪkɪə/ / /nɔːˈsɪkeɪə/

name

Etymology: From Latin Nausicaa, from Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα (Nausikáa).

  1. A princess who aids Odysseus.

    But no catastrophe occurred. I lived to watch on a strange shore a black and youthful Nausicaa, with a joyous train of attendant maidens, carrying baskets of linen to a clear stream overhung by the heads of slender palm-trees.

  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.