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The language spoken by the Danu people, considered by the Burmese government to be a dialect of the Intha-Danu language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A hypothesised goddess of Irish mythology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Irish
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
A Hindu primordial goddess who had numerous children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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noun
An ethnic group of Myanmar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Dana
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Broader terms: Celtic deity
History
Borrowed from Burmese ဓနု (dha.nu.).
Learned borrowing from Old Irish, from a reconstructed nominative form of the genitive Danann (also spelled Donand or Danand). In particular, Danann is attested in the term Tuatha Dé Danann, which is typically translated "tribe of Danu" but used as the collective name for certain Irish gods (or, more prosaically, the people of a particular wave of immigration to Ireland, in the traditional history). The etymology is controversial and has been debated since the 19th century. Some scholars identify Danu with the goddess Anu, perhaps as a contraction of día Anu ("goddess Anu").
Borrowed from Sanskrit दनु (danu).
Across languages
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