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Noun: Cleopatra  ,klee-u'pat-ru
  1. Beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)

Derived forms: Cleopatras

Type of: Egyptian, female monarch, queen, queen regnant

Encyclopedia: Cleopatra, Queen of Denial

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