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Pyrrha

noun
Pyr·​rha | \ ˈpir-ə How to pronounce Pyrrha (audio) \

Definition of Pyrrha

: the wife of Deucalion

First Known Use of Pyrrha

1560, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Pyrrha

Latin, from Greek

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