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Pro⋅ser⋅pi⋅na

  [proh-sur-puh-nuh]
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–noun
Persephone.
Also, Pro⋅ser⋅pi⋅ne  [proh-sur-puh-nee] .

Per⋅seph⋅o⋅ne

  [per-sef-uh-nee]
–noun
1. Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
2. a female given name.
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Pro·ser·pi·na   (prō-sûr'pə-nə)   
n.   Roman Mythology
The daughter of Ceres who became the goddess of the underworld when Pluto carried her away and made her his wife.
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Word Origin & History

Proserpina 
daughter of Ceres and wife of Pluto, L. modification of Gk. Persephone (q.v.), perhaps infl. by L. proserpere "to creep forth" on notion of the germination of plants.

Persephone 
wife of Hades, queen of the netherworld, identified with Kore, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, from Gk. Persephone (see person).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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