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View Name: Emer
EMER
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Irish
,
Irish Mythology
Pronounced:
EE-mur
[key]
Possibly from Gaelic
eimh
"swift". In Irish legend she was the wife of Cuchulainn. She was said to possess the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, voice, speech, needlework, wisdom and chastity.
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