Armida

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Gender Feminine
Usage Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced Pron. /ar.ˈmiː.da/(Italian) /aɾ.ˈmi.ða/(Latin American Spanish)

Meaning & History

Probably created by the 16th-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso for his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580). In the poem Armida is a beautiful enchantress who bewitches many of the crusaders.