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CLÍODHNA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology

Pronounced: KLEE-u-na   [key]

Possibly means "shapely" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was the name of a beautiful goddess. She fell in love with a mortal named Ciabhan and left the Land of Promise with him, but when she arrived on the other shore she was swept to sea by a great wave.
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