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MAEVE

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology

Pronounced: MAYV  [key]

Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Medb meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht. Her fight against Ulster and the hero Cúchulainn is told in the Irish epic 'The Cattle Raid of Cooley'.


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