Proserpine

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proper noun

A river in Queensland, Australia, named for the goddess in 1859.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Romanalternativehuman sciencesAlternative form of Proserpina (“Roman goddess of the seasons and spring vegetation, daughter of Ceres and Jupiter; queen of the Underworld as wife of Pluto; equivalent to Greek Persephone and old Italic deity Libera”).
  2. A river in Queensland, Australia, named for the goddess in 1859.
  3. A town in Whitsunday Region, Queensland, founded in the 1890s, so it would have been named after the river.
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APA

Proserpine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Proserpine

MLA

“Proserpine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Proserpine. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Proserpine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Proserpine.

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