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Cadmus.

A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.

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name/ˈkædməs/
  1. A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.

    Greek
  2. An unincorporated community in Linn County, Kansas, United States.

Where this word comes from

Via Latin Cadmus, from Ancient Greek Κάδμος (Kádmos).

name/ˈkædməs/
  1. A surname.

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