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TITANIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Titania" is a kind of...):

faerie; faery; fairy; fay; sprite (a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers)

Domain category:

folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability

Synonyms:

titania; titanic oxide; titanium dioxide; titanium oxide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("titania" is a kind of...):

oxide (any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical)

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

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