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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The wife of Rama, regarded as an ideal of womanhood.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Hindu mythology, the wife of the hero-god Rama, and heroine of the Ramayana.

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  • proper noun Hinduism A goddess, the consort of Rāma.
  • proper noun A female given name mainly used in India.

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  • noun wife of the Hindu god Rama; regarded as an ideal of womanhood

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Sanskrit Sītā, from sītā, furrow (because she was believed to have sprung from a furrow ploughed by her father).]

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From Sanskrit, सीता (Sītā, "furrow").

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