The Snow Queen love

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  • proper noun A fairy tale first published in 1845 by Hans Christian Andersen, based on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Gerda.
  • proper noun A fictional character in this story, ruler over the snowflakes.

Etymologies

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A literal translation into English from the original Danish snee ("snow") (an older spelling of "sne") + dronning ("queen") + -en ("suffixed definite article").

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