Lorelei
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Lo·re·lei
(lôr′ə-lī′)n.
A siren of Germanic legend whose singing lures sailors to shipwreck.
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Lorelei
(ˈlɒrəˌlaɪ)n
(European Myth & Legend) (in German legend) a siren, said to dwell on a rock at the edge of the Rhine south of Koblenz, who lures boatmen to destruction
[C19: from German Lurlei name of the rock; from a poem by Clemens Brentano (1778–1842)]
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Lor•e•lei
(ˈlɔr əˌlaɪ)n.
a nymph of the Rhine whose singing lured sailors to shipwreck on a rock.
[< German]
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