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"Hermione" is a common misspelling or typo for: Hermiones.

Date "Hermione" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Specialty Definition: HERMIONE

Domain Definition
Literature Hermione (4 syl.). Wife of Leontes, King of Silicia. Being suspected of infidelity, she was thrown into jail, swooned, and was reported to be dead. She was kept concealed till her infant Perdita was of marriageable age, when Leontes discovered his mistake, and was reconciled to his wife. (Shakespeare: Winter's Tale.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Common Expressions: HERMIONE

Expressions Definition
121 Hermione 121 Hermione is a very large and dark main belt asteroid. It is probably composed of carbonaceous materials. (references)
Hermione (mythology) In Greek mythology, Hermione was a daughter of Menelaus and Helen. Before the Trojan War began, she was betrothed to Orestes, her cousin through Menelaus' brother, Agamemnon. Later, her father wanted her to marry Neoptolemus. The two prospective grooms fought and Neoptolemus was killed. (references)
Hermione Cobbold Hermione Lady Cobbold (August_31, 1905 - October_27, 2004) was the British matriarch of Knebworth House and wife of Lord Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold. (references)
Hermione Gingold Born Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold in London, she was the daughter of an high-class Austrian-born Jewish financier and Kate Walters, an English-born housewife. Gingold was a childhood friend of Noel Coward until her mother warned her away from him. First appearing on stage in 1909, she was originally a coloratura soprano and performed in Shakespearean dramas such as "The Merchant of Venice" and "Troilus and Cressida" and worked with Charles Hawtrey as an understudy. In the 1930s, her quirky, ribald comedic sense became famous through musical revues. She married British publisher Michael Joseph in 1918, with whom she had two sons, Stephen and Leslie. After her divorce in 1926, she married writer and lyricist Eric Maschwitz, whom she divorced in 1945. Gingold was also known for her unruly hair. It was said she styled it by sticking her head out the window and letting the wind sculpt it. (references)
Hermione Hannen Hermione Hannen (1913 - 1983) was a popular English theatre actress. (references)
Hermione Lee Hermione Lee (born February 29¹, 1948) is a British critic, biographer and Professor of English at the University of Oxford. (references)
HMS Hermione Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hermione after Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology. (references)
HMS Hermione (1782) HMS Hermione was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1782. (references)
HMS Hermione (F58) HMS Hermione (F58) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was, like the rest of her class, named after a figure of mythology. Hermione was built by Alexander Stephen's & Sons Shipbuilders, though she was completed by Yarrow Shipbuilders. She was launched on the 26th April 1967 and commissioned on the 11th July 1969. (references)
Sarah Millicent Hermione Churchill The Honourable Sarah Millicent Hermione Churchill (October 7, 1914 - September 24, 1982) was a British actress. (references)

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Extended Definition: HERMIONE

Hermione

Hermione is a female given name and may also refer to:

In literature:

  • Hermione (mythology), the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology
  • Hermione (Harry Potter), Hermione Granger, a character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
  • A character in Jean-Baptiste Lully's play Cadmus et Hermione
  • Queen Hermione of Sicily, a character in William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale

In ships:

  • HMS Hermione , seven ships of the Royal Navy
  • Hermione, a French frigate that carried La Fayette to join the American colonists in their fight for independence in 1780
  • A yacht bought by the US Navy and renamed USS Hawk (IX-14)

In other uses:

  • 121 Hermione, an asteroid
  • A code name for the Sony Ericsson P990 telephone
  • Hermione from the House of Borromeo, a character in the Japanese animated TV series Romeo x Juliet
  • Hermiones, The Irminones, a group of early Germanic tribes
  • Ermioni, a resort town in Greece

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Extended Definition: HERMIONE

Hermione

Hermione
Given Name

Pronunciation /hɚ.'maɪ.əˌni/
Gender Female
Meaning derived from Hermes
Origin Greek Mythology
Wikipedia articles All pages beginning with Hermione

Hermione (Greek ῾Ερμιόνη; English pronunciation /hɚ.'maɪ.əˌni/) is a female given name and may refer to:

  • Hermione of Ephesus (died 117 A.D.) (early Christian martyr)
  • Hermione Baddeley (1906–1986), English actress
  • Hermione Cobbold (1905–2004), British matriarch
  • Hermione Cockburn (born 1973), British TV/radio personality
  • Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), British actress
  • Hermione Gulliford, English actress
  • Hermione Hammond (1910–2005), English painter
  • Hermione Hannen (1913–1983), English actress
  • Hermione Lee (born 1948), British critic
  • Hermione Norris (born 1968), English actress
Fictional
  • Hermione (mythology), the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology
  • A character in the play Cadmus et Hermione by Jean-Baptiste Lully
  • Hermione Bostock, a character in the fiction of P. G. Wodehouse
  • Hermione Granger, a character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
  • Hermione Lodge, a character in the Archie Comics
  • Hermione Meriden, wife of Leo in the novel The Lost Kings
  • Queen Hermione of Sicily, a character in William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale
  • Hermione Trumpington-Bonnet, a character in the British TV series Monarch of the Glen
  • Hermione from the House of Borromeo, a character in the Japanese animated TV series Romeo x Juliet


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Topics by Level of Interest: HERMIONE

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Hermione Granger 56     121 Hermione 27
HMS Hermione 45     Cadmus et Hermione 5
121 Hermione 27     Hermione 11
HMS Hermione (74) 17     Hermione (alternative meanings) 3
Hermione Norris 16     Hermione (mythology) 4
HMS Hermione (F58) 13     Hermione Baddeley 6
Hermione Lee 13     Hermione Bostock 2
Hermione 11     Hermione Cobbold 3
Hermione Gingold 11     Hermione Cockburn 3
Hermione Lodge 10     Hermione Gingold 11
HMS Hermione (1893) 7     Hermione Granger 56
Hermione Baddeley 6     Hermione Gulliford 3
Cadmus et Hermione 5     Hermione Hammond 4
HMS Hermione (1782) 4     Hermione Hannen 2
Hermione (mythology) 4     Hermione Lee 13
Hermione Hammond 4     Hermione Lodge 10
Hermione Cockburn 3     Hermione Norris 16
Hermione Cobbold 3     Hermione Trumpington-Bonnet 3
Hermione (alternative meanings) 3     HMS Hermione 45
Hermione Trumpington-Bonnet 3     HMS Hermione (1782) 4
Letter to Hermione 3     HMS Hermione (1893) 7
Hermione Gulliford 3     HMS Hermione (74) 17
Hermione Bostock 2     HMS Hermione (F58) 13
Hermione Hannen 2     Letter to Hermione 3

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Translations: HERMIONE

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Italian Ermione (Hermione). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Hermione. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: HERMIONE

Language Translations for “Hermione” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Hathagermathagiathagonathage (Hermione). Additional references: Athag, Hermione. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Hagermagiagonage (Hermione). Additional references: Double Dutch, Hermione. (volunteer)
Leet <~>32|\/|¦0//3 (Hermione). Additional references: Leet, Hermione. (volunteer)
Oppish Hopermopioponope (Hermione). Additional references: Oppish, Hermione. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Ermionehay (Hermione). Additional references: Pig Latin, Hermione. (volunteer)
Terran B Ermione (Hermione). Additional references: Terran B, Hermione. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Hubermubiubonube (Hermione). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Hermione. (volunteer)
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