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Gender Feminine
Usage Italian

Meaning & History

Probably from Greek Νηρηΐδες (see NEREIDA). This name was used by Torquato Tasso for a character in his play Aminta (1573), and subsequently by Giacomo Leopardi in his poem Le Ricordanze (1829).