Naiad=النيادة
حورية الماء
[ME,
fr. L naiad-, naias, fr. Gk, Ναιαδες nymphs of classical mythology living in
and giving life to bodies of water] : a moon of Neptune
[fr.
L, fr. Gk Πανδωρα : lit. all-gifted, the first woman, created by Hephaestus,
given treacherously to Epimetheus along with a box in which
Prometheus had confined all the evils of the world; as expected,
Pandora curiously opened the forbidden box and thus released into the
world all troubles of mankind] : a satellite of the planet Saturn
[L,
fr. Gk Phoibe Φοιβη, Artemis] 1 : one of the nine satellites of Saturn 2 :
the moon personified, in literature
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