Meaning of Hermione | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes.
   Greek
2. Alternative spelling of Hermione.
   alt-of, alternative
3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
4. An ancient town in Argolis, Greece.
5. The asteroid 121 Hermione.

Equivalents

Examples

“Hermione, queen to the worthy Leontes, King of Sicilia, thou art here accused and arraigned of high treason”

““Are you sure that’s a real spell?” said the girl. “Well, it’s not very good, is it? I’ve tried a few simple spells just for practise and it’s all worked for me… I’m Hermione Granger, by the way, who are you?””

“Some literature uses a diaeresis over the e to show that it is pronounced: so Bronte, Terpsichore, Hermione, could be written as Brontë, Terpsichorë, Hermionë, but since diaereses take effort to put in there on English keyboards, writers typically leave out the optional, yet helpful, diacritical mark. I think Hermionë is a rather learnèd girl and will decide to use the diaeresis when writing her name; when people ask why, it will give her opportunity to say “So you’ll pronounce my name correctly, ninny.””

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