Ida

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • Name of two sacred mountains situated in present-day Turkey and Crete, also called Mount Ida.
  • river in eastern Slovakia (country).

Origin

  • Short form of obsolete names beginning with Germanic īd "work", used for both sexes in medieval England. It was revived in the 19th century, partly mistaken for a Greek name, for the Mount Ida of classical mythology.
  • From Ancient Greek Ἴδη.

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