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Valkyria

A form of valkyrie — Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.

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Meanings

nounValkyria (plural Valkyrias)

plural Valkyrias

archaicArchaic form of valkyrie.
We cannot refrain from suspecting that in the original legend these were Valkyrias and not Water-nymphs, for these last would hardly strip to go into the water, their native element.
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 214

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Valkyria

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APA

Valkyria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Valkyria

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“Valkyria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Valkyria. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Valkyria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Valkyria.

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