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Name Persinna
Gender Feminine
Usage History, Literature
Scripts Περσίννα(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsPersina, Persinaké
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Meaning & History
Possibly derived from Greek Περσίς (Persis) meaning "Persian woman" or περσέα (persea), the Greek name for a type of tree (species Mimusops kummel). This is the name of a character in the ancient Greek novel Aethiopica by Heliodorus of Emesa; Persinna is the queen of Ethiopia and the mother of the protagonist Chariclea.