Egeria
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The name Egeria may refer to:
- Egeria (mythology)Egeria (mythology)Egeria was a nymph attributed a legendary role in the early history of Rome as a divine consort and counselor of the Sabine second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, to whom she imparted laws and rituals pertaining to ancient Roman religion...
, a mythological water nymph and the wife of Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome - Egeria (pilgrim), also called Aetheria, a fourth century Christian woman who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and wrote a letter about her travels
- HMS EgeriaHMS EgeriaThree Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Egeria:* The first Egeria was a 18-gun Cormorant-class sloop launched at Bridport in 1807 and broken up in 1864....
, three Royal Navy ships - USS Egeria (ARL-8)USS Egeria (ARL-8)USS Egeria was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Egeria , she was the only U.S...
, a U.S. Navy repair ship named after the nymph - 13 Egeria13 Egeria13 Egeria is a large main-belt G-type asteroid.It was discovered by A. de Gasparis on November 2, 1850, and was named by Urbain J. J. Le Verrier, whose computations led to the discovery of Neptune. Egeria was a goddess of Aricia, in Italy, and the wife of Numa Pompilius, second king of...
, an asteroid - Egeria, West VirginiaEgeria, West VirginiaEgeria is an unincorporated community in Mercer and Raleigh counties, West Virginia, United States. Egeria is north-northeast of Matoaka....
, an unincorporated community - Egeria (genus)Egeria (genus)Egeria is a genus of two species of aquatic plants in the family Hydrocharitaceae, native to warm-temperate South America.The genus was formerly included in the related genus Elodea, from which it differs in having the leaves in whorls of four or more, not three, and in having more conspicuous...
, a genus of aquatic plants - "Egeria" (Rome), an episode of the television series Rome
- Egeria, a character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
- Dutch investment company, main owner of NRC HandelsbladNRC HandelsbladNRC Handelsblad, often abbreviated to NRC, is a daily evening newspaper published in the Netherlands by NRC Media. The newspaper was created on October 1, 1970, from merger of the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant and Algemeen Handelsblad . In 2006 a morning newspaper, nrc•next, was launched...