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I love it! Would spell it like Megara though. Great as a first or middle name.
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In many European languages, cognates of this name are used as a term for a shrewish woman. In Italian and Portuguese the word is megera, in French it's mégère. I think it's a terrible thing to saddle a child with. [noted -ed]
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English pronunciation is mə-JEER-ə.
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To quote Hercules, "My name's Megaera, but my friends call me Meg. That is they would if I had any friends." haha.
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Magaera is the name of Hercules' girlfriend in the Disney movie 'Hercules'. She goes by Meg.
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Pronounced Me-jee-rah, j as in French "jolie."
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It's actually pronounced meg-AH-ra.
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Megaera is the name of the shrewish wife of Androcles in George Bernard Shaw's play Androcles and the Lion.
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The other two Erinyes of Greek mythology were Alecto and Tisiphone. The Romans called them the Furiae. The Furiae/Erinyes would mete out justice in whatever way they saw fit, usually killing the wrongdoer, no matter how relatively insignificant his transgression.
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