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Neaera Atra
Neaera, Neæra, or Neaira are different transliterations of an Ancient Greek name Νέαιρα. They may refer to: Ancient Greek feminine name * Neaera (Greek mythology), a name of figures in Greek mythology * Neaera (wife of Hypsicreon), a figure in Greek legendary history * Neaira (hetaera), a prostitute in the 4th century BC * Neaera, the woman to whom Lygdamus addressed his poems (1st century BC); also the object of affection in the ''Basia'' ('Kisses') of Johannes Secundus (1541) Genera * Neaera (fly), ''Neaera'' (fly), a tachinid fly genus established by Robineau-Desvoidy in 1830 * ''Neaera'', a bivalve genus invalidly established by Griffith & Pidgeon in 1834; now ''Cuspidaria (bivalve), Cuspidaria'' * ''Neaera'', a slug moth genus invalidly established by Herrich-Schäffer in 1854; now synonym of ''Latoia'' * ''Neaera'', a plant genus from the amaryllis family established by Salisbury in 1866; now synonym of ''Clinanthus'' * ''Neaera'', an Ethmiidae, ethmiid moth genus inval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transliteration
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one writing system, script to another that involves swapping Letter (alphabet), letters (thus ''wikt:trans-#Prefix, trans-'' + ''wikt:littera#Latin, liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or Latin → . For instance, for the Greek language, Modern Greek term "", which is usually Translation, translated as "Greece, Hellenic Republic", the usual transliteration to Latin script is , and the name for Russia in Cyrillic script, "", is Scientific transliteration of Cyrillic, usually transliterated as . Transliteration is not primarily concerned with representing the Phonetics, sounds of the original but rather with representing the characters, ideally accurately and unambiguously. Thus, in the Greek above example, is transliterated though it is pronounced , is transliterated though pronounced , and is transliterated , though it is pronounced (exactly li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |