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phoebe
/ˈfibi/
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What does phoebe mean?
noun
- Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis.
proper noun
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia.
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- An epithet and synonym for Selene; Phoebe Selene, after her maternal aunt, Phoebe (see above).
- An epithet and synonym for Artemis; Phoebe Artemis, after her maternal grandmother, Phoebe (see above).
- The 14th moon of Saturn.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfibi/
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It is to be all made of sighs and tears, And so am I for Phoebe.
If Phoebe had not left her home, she would not have gone on the business of the church to Jerusalem.
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It was good policy to allow Phoebe to have the rearing of as many as ten out of her twenty-one.
The slightly large size of the phoebe and pewee is not always apparent when they are seen perching on the trees.
He looked so much like Mr. Phoebe, save that he was smaller, that any one would have know they were cousins.