lorelei

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English - Turkish
(Bilgisayar) lorelei
English - English
a siren; a temptress

She was like a mermaid, an isolated creature that lives in fulfillment of its own senses; she lured me on, she was the lorelei of the gleaming river of traffic with its million, brilliant eyes that intermittently flowed between us.

{i} German legendary mermaid who seduced sailors in the Rhine by her singing to shipwreck; high rock on the bank of the Rhine; female first name
Rock on the bank of the Rhine River near Sankt Goarshausen in Germany. It produces an echo and is associated with the legend of a beautiful maiden who drowned herself over a faithless lover. She was transformed into a siren who lured fishermen to their death. Clemens Brentano claimed to have invented the essentials of the legend. Heinrich Heine's poem on the Lorelei has been set to music by more than 25 composers
a siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction
Turkish - English
(Bilgisayar) lorelei
lorelei

    Hyphenation

    Lor·e·lei

    Turkish pronunciation

    lôrîlay

    Pronunciation

    /ˈlôrəˌlī/ /ˈlɔːrɪˌlaɪ/

    Etymology

    () From the Lorelei rock on the Rhine, which was haunted by one of these creatures according to German legend.
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