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Etymology
mermayde, from ME. mere and maid (literally "maid of the sea")
Noun
en-noun
- A mythology|mythological woman with a fish's tail in place of her legs.
Translations
Chinese: �人鱼 (m�i rén yú)
Dutch: zeemeermin f
Finnish: merenneito
French: sirène f
German: Nixe f (1), Wassernixe f (1), Seejungfrau f (1), Meerjungfrau (1)
Icelandic: hafmey f
Irish: maighdean mhara f
Italian: sirena f
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Japanese: 人é� (ningyo) f
Maltese: sirena f
Portuguese: sereia f
Russian: ���алка f, �и�ена f
Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann-mhara f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �и�ена
:Roman: sirena
Telugu: మత�స�య�న�య (matsyakanya)
Related terms
merman
merfolk
merewif
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