Cyrus
Alternative forms & variants: Cy
“Sun, far-sighted ruler, throne; legendary founder of the Persian Empire”
Linguistic heritage: Old Persian / Greek
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Meanings cross-referenced with Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Nurturepedia (MIT). Phonetics audited against the Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD).