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Gender Feminine
Scripts Βριτόμαρτις(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsBritomart

Meaning & History

Possibly means "sweet maiden", from Cretan βριτύ (britu) "sweet" or "blessing" (Attic glyku) and martis "maiden" (Attic parthenos). This was an epithet of a Cretan goddess of mountains and hunting who was sometimes identified with Artemis.
Added 6/24/2010 by tessareea1
Edited 9/5/2012 by SeaHorse15 and Lucille