Cyrene
[sɪˈriːni]Meaning
latinized form of greek kyrene, a name associated with kyros, "power, authority"
Background Story
Cyrene is the Latinized form of the Greek name Kyrene, also the name of a Hellenic city in ancient Libya. The city was probably named for a nearby spring, Kyre, and the name has been associated with the Greek word kyros, meaning "power, authority." Classical sources considered the Thessalian demigod the etymon for the Libyan city, while modern scholars derive it variously from the Libyan spring Kyra or from an existing Proto-Berber name conflated with Thessalian myth by early Greek colonists.
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