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What does Parthenope mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) One of the sirens, daughter of the god Achelous and the Muse Terpsichore.
  2. (historical) A Greek settlement (ca. 9th c. BCE) named after the siren which later became the Italian city of Naples.
  3. (astronomy) Short for 11 Parthenope, a main belt asteroid.
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It is said that one of the Sirens, parthenope, in grief at the escape of Ulysses drowned herself.
Together with Beyer's Parthenope of 2000, it reopens the discussion of fifteenth-century architecture in Naples and its relation to Northern Italy.
Nanomechanical properties of the stigma of dragonfly Anax parthenope julius Brauer.
Her father educated Nightingale and her sister Parthenope in European and classical languages, history, philosophy and mathematics.
The ancient name of Naples, from the siren parthenope, who is said to be buried there.
A CAREFULLY planned waiting ride from Jack Dean enabled Parthenope to cause a 40-1 upset in the Jimmy Heal Memorial Apprentice Handicap at a wet and windy Brighton yesterday.

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