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Definition: PHILOMELA |
PHILOMELANoun1. A genus of birds including the nightingales. 2. The nightingale; philomel. |
"PHILOMELA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a friend of song". |
Date "PHILOMELA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Philomela \Phil`o*me"la\, noun. [Latin expression philomela, Greek, according to the legend, from Philomela (daughter of Pandion, king of Athens), who was changed into nightingale.]. (references) |
"PHILOMELA" is a common misspelling or typo for: Philomel. |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In Greek mythology, Philomela was a daughter of Pandion and Zeuxippe and sister of Procne. Tereus, Procne's husband, loved Philomela. He raped her, cut her tongue out and held her captive so she could never tell anyone. Philomela wove a tapestry that told her story and gave it to Procne. In revenge, Procne killed her son by Tereus, Itys, and fed him to Tereus unknowingly. Tereus tried to kill the sisters but all three were changed into birds: Tereus was a hoopoe; Philomela was a swallow; Procne was a nightingale whose song is a song of mourning for her son Itys. The names "Philomela" and "Procne" are sometimes used in literature to refer to a nightingale, though only the latter is mythologically correct.Apollodorus. Bibliotheke III, xiv, 8; Ovid. Metamorphoses VI, 424-674.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Philomela."
Crosswords: PHILOMELA |
| English words defined with "PHILOMELA": Philomel. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PHILOMELA": Progn'e. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PHILOMELA": Progne. (references) |
Expression using "PHILOMELA": Lucinia philomela. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
philomela | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "PHILOMELA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | Славей (Nightingale, Philomel). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ilomelaphay.(various references) | |
Russian | соловей (nightingale, Philomel), филомела (Philomel). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "PHILOMELA" (pronounced 'Phil`o*me"la'): Ala, Algarovilla, Ampulla, Angola, Armilla, Arolla, Axilla, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Bulla, Cabrilla, Calcavella, Calla, Camarilla, Canella, Capella, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla, Columbella, Columella, Coronilla, Fibrilla, flotilla, Fovilla, Fringilla, gala, Gentianella, gorgonzola, gorilla, granadilla, guerilla, Gula, koala, lamella, Lirella, Locustella, mammilla, mandola, mantilla, Manzanilla. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-l-l-m-o-p" | |
-1 letter: philomel. | |
-2 letters: hemiola, omphali. | |
-3 letters: hiemal, hilloa, impale, lipoma, mallei, mollah, mollie, phalli, phloem. | |
-4 letters: aleph, almeh, amole, ample, email, hallo, haole, helio, hello, hemal, hillo, holla, ileal, impel, lapel, limpa, mahoe, maile, maill, maple, mille, milpa, mohel, molal, phial, pilea. | |
-5 letters: ahem, alme, aloe, amie, elhi, epha, haem, hail, hale, hall, halm, halo, hame. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-l-l-m-o-p" | |
+3 letters: phonemically. | |
+4 letters: allelomorphic, aminophylline, morphemically. | |
+5 letters: accomplishable, allelomorphism, aminophyllines, hypodermically, metallographic, metaphorically. | |
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