First Known Use: 1563
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Iphigenia
noun Iph·i·ge·nia \ˌi-fə-jə-ˈnī-ə\
Definition of IPHIGENIA
: a daughter of Agamemnon nearly sacrificed by him to Artemis but saved by her and made a priestess
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Origin of IPHIGENIA
Latin, from Greek Iphigeneia
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