Bellona

name
/bəˈləʊ.nə/UK/bəˈloʊ.nə/US

Etymology

From Latin Bellōna, related to bellum.

  1. borrowed from Bellōna

Definitions

  1. Roman goddess of war, wife or sister of Mars. Equivalent to the Greek goddess Enyo.

    • But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo All sciences that speed Bellona's car, All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]
  2. 28 Bellona, a main belt asteroid.

  3. A woman of great spirit and vigour.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Bellona. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA