# Merope

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. The youngest of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and a consort of Hermes.
2. A queen of Messenia and daughter of Cypselus, king of Arcadia.
3. The least bright star in the cluster in Taurus known as the Pleiades.
4. A female given name.
5. A subregion of Thrace in modern Northern Greece and southern Bulgaria, in the 14th-century Balkans.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μερόπη (Merópē).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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