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thalia
/ˈθeɪljə/
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What does thalia mean?
noun
- Any of the genus Thalia of tropical plants found in aquatic or marshy habitats.
proper noun
- The Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.
- One of the three Graces/Charites.
More meanings (5)
proper noun
- 23 Thalia, a main belt asteroid.
- The comedy mask.
- Socks, as a symbol of comedy.
- A locality in the Shire of Buloke, north western Victoria, Australia
- (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈθeɪljə/
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First my Thalia stooped in sportive mood To Syracusan strains, nor blushed within The woods to house her.
In the second volume are Molière, and his wife Armande, crowned by the muse Thalia.
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In such a site in the temperate zone, the cyperaceous and gramineous plants would have formed vast meadows; here the soil abounded in aquatic plants, with sagittate leaves, and especially in basil plants, among which we noticed the fine flowers of the costus, the thalia, and the heliconia.