Antigone

See also: antigone

Translingual

Antigone antigone

Etymology

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Proper noun

Antigone f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Gruidae – certain cranes, formerly in genus Grus.

Usage notes

• Not all sources accept Antigone in preference to Grus.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Gruiformes – order; Gruidae – family; Gruinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Antigone antigone (sarus crane) - type species; Antigone canadensis (sandhill crane), Antigone rubicunda (brolga), Antigone vipio (white-naped crane) - species

References

• Antigone (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Antigone on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Grus antigone on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Antigone at World Register of Marine Species
• Antigone at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Antigone at Avibase
• Gruidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux

English

Etymology

From Latin Antigonē, from Ancient Greek Ἀντιγόνη (Antigónē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈtɪ.ɡə.ni/

Proper noun

Antigone

1. (Greek mythology) the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in fiction and mythology

Translations

the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta

• Armenian: Անտիգոնե (hy) (Antigone)
• French: Antigone (fr)
• German: Antigone
• Greek: Αντιγόνη (el) (Antigóni)

  Ancient: Ἀντιγόνη (Antigónē)

• Italian: Antigone (it)
• Latin: Antigonē
• Portuguese: Antígona f
• Russian: Антиго́на (ru) (Antigóna)
• Swedish: Antigone

Further reading

• Antigone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• negation

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈti.ɡo.ne/
• Rhymes: -iɡone
• Hyphenation: An‧tì‧go‧ne

Proper noun

Antigone f

1. Antigone