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Bellona|bɛˈləʊnə|
[L. Bellōna, the goddess of war, f. bellum war.]
Proper name of the Roman goddess of war; transf. a spirited woman of commanding presence. Beˈllonian a., warlike.
1605Shakes. Macb. i. ii. 54 Bellona's Bridegroom, lapt in proofe. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 922 Bellona storms, With all her battering Engines. 1711E. Ward Quix. I. 64 His Steel Belonian Bright-Cap. 1820Scott Abbot xxxi, Her features..inflamed and resembling those of a Bellona. 1859G. Meredith R. Feverel xxxvii. (1885) 346 He had recognized his superb Bellona in the lady by the garden window.
2. Name of one of the asteroids. |