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First off, let me say I don't intend to use this for a child. :P Maybe a character of some sort...
I was researching the origins of my name, going beyond the BtN entry because it wasn't complete enough for me, and I found that it likely had two names that influenced the usage of the name: Hecate and Hekaterus. Hecate comes from an Indo-European root meaning "out" or "afar", and Hekaterus means "hundred wonders" in Greek.
I was mulling all this over in my head, and Ekatera occured to me. It would mean "far away wonders" from the roots eka- "afar" and -tera "wonders". WDYT?
How would you pronounce it? My first inclination is eh-KAT-er-ah, (which would probably be more authentic, as authentic as a name like this could get...) but eh-kah-TER-ah is nice too.
I was researching the origins of my name, going beyond the BtN entry because it wasn't complete enough for me, and I found that it likely had two names that influenced the usage of the name: Hecate and Hekaterus. Hecate comes from an Indo-European root meaning "out" or "afar", and Hekaterus means "hundred wonders" in Greek.
I was mulling all this over in my head, and Ekatera occured to me. It would mean "far away wonders" from the roots eka- "afar" and -tera "wonders". WDYT?
How would you pronounce it? My first inclination is eh-KAT-er-ah, (which would probably be more authentic, as authentic as a name like this could get...) but eh-kah-TER-ah is nice too.
This message was edited 6/4/2007, 6:26 PM
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I would pronounce it eh-KA-ter-a, and it's really rather pretty, imo.
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Er, pregnancy's messin' with my mind...thought I responded to this earlier!
I'd prn Ekatera as eh-kah-TER-ah. I agree that it sounds great for a character; I personally wouldn't use it IRL, but the right person could pull it off. :o)
I'd prn Ekatera as eh-kah-TER-ah. I agree that it sounds great for a character; I personally wouldn't use it IRL, but the right person could pull it off. :o)
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