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Belloʹna

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Goddess of war and wife of Mars. (Roman mythology.)

“Her features, late so exquisitely lovely, inflamed with the fury of frenzy, resembled those of a Bellona.”—Sir Walter Scott.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Belle
Belles Lettres
Bellefontaine (Benedict)
Bellerophon
Bellerophon
Bellerus
Bellicent
Bellin
Bellisant
Bellman
Bellona
Bellows
Bellwether of the Flock
Belly
Belly-timber
Belomancy (Greek)
Beloved Disciple
Beloved Physician
Below the Belt
Belphegor
Belphœbe

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Bello`na