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Asturian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pléyades f pl
- (Greek mythology) Pleiades
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Pleiades, from Ancient Greek Πλειάδες (Pleiádes).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpleʝades/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpleʃades/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpleʒades/
- Rhymes: -eʝades
- Syllabification: Plé‧ya‧des
Proper noun
Pléyades f pl
- (Greek mythology) Pleiades
- (astronomy) Pleiades