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Sounds like piercing in Spanish, Arete.
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Pronounced as /a.re.tɛ̌ː/
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AE [noted -ed]
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AE [noted -ed]
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Usages: Ancient Greek [noted -ed], Greek Mythology
Meaning: From Greek ἀρετή (aretê) meaning "goodness, excellence, virtue", which is related to the word ἄριστος (*aristos) "best". The root ἀρ (ar) also appears in Ares, the first notion of goodness for the Greeks being that of manly qualities, i.e. bravery in war. In Greek mythology Arete was the personification of virtue, sister to Harmonia; together they were worshiped as the Πραξιδικαι (Praxidikai) "enforcers of justice". This name also occurs in Homer's epic the 'Odyssey' belonging to the wife of King Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa.
http://clas-lgpn2.classics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/lgpn_search.cgi?name=%E1%BC%88%CF%81%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete_of_Cyrene (in English)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete_%28daughter_of_Dionysius%29 (in English)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete_%28mythology%29 (in English)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3D*)%2Farhs (in English; "The Root ΑΡ, appears also in ἀρετή, the first notion of goodness (virtus) being that of manhood, bravery in war.")
https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Praxidikai.html (in English)
https://books.google.com/books?id=FVyHTUQnnBgC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=Arete (in English)
(Information from name #1979 originally submitted by user Eric)
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Meaning: From Greek ἀρετή (aretê) meaning "goodness, excellence, virtue", which is related to the word ἄριστος (*aristos) "best". The root ἀρ (ar) also appears in Ares, the first notion of goodness for the Greeks being that of manly qualities, i.e. bravery in war. In Greek mythology Arete was the personification of virtue, sister to Harmonia; together they were worshiped as the Πραξιδικαι (Praxidikai) "enforcers of justice". This name also occurs in Homer's epic the 'Odyssey' belonging to the wife of King Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa.
http://clas-lgpn2.classics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/lgpn_search.cgi?name=%E1%BC%88%CF%81%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete_of_Cyrene (in English)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete_%28daughter_of_Dionysius%29 (in English)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete_%28mythology%29 (in English)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3D*)%2Farhs (in English; "The Root ΑΡ, appears also in ἀρετή, the first notion of goodness (virtus) being that of manhood, bravery in war.")
https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Praxidikai.html (in English)
https://books.google.com/books?id=FVyHTUQnnBgC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=Arete (in English)
(Information from name #1979 originally submitted by user Eric)
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