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Ariadne

UK/ˈæ.ɹiˌæd.ni/ US/ˌæ.ɹiˈæd.ni/ uncommon rare

noun

1.

beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; she fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur''s labyrinth

Origin

From Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).

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