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- Ancient Greek · derived fromὈρειάς
- Latin · derived fromOrēas, Orēadis
- English todayoread
From Latin Orēas, Orēadis, from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain. Full definition →
From Latin Orēas, Orēadis, from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.