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TITANIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Titania" is a kind of...):
faerie; faery; fairy; fay; sprite (a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers)
Domain category:
folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)
Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability
Synonyms:
titania; titanic oxide; titanium dioxide; titanium oxide
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("titania" is a kind of...):
oxide (any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical)
pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))