Alcinoüs

[ al-sin-oh-uhs ]

noun(in the Odyssey)
  1. king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.

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British Dictionary definitions for Alcinoüs

Alcinoüs

/ (ælˈsɪnəʊəs) /


noun
  1. (in Homer's Odyssey) a Phaeacian king at whose court the shipwrecked Odysseus told of his wanderings: See also Nausicaä

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