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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Minerva

/mən-ẽrv'-ə/ · Mi·ner·va · IPA /mɪˈnɝ.və/
01 n. The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene.
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    The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene.(Rom. Myth.) Also: Pallas Athene