How to pronounce “bean-nighe”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The washerwoman, a creature in Scottish mythology, akin to the Irish bean sí. She appears at a body of water (river, lake, or stream), washing the clothes (sometimes bloodstained) of somebody for whom death is near, as a warning to the person's family that death will come soon.

Practice Nearby Words

banshee, white lady, elder mother, korean virgin ghost, yuki-onna, santa muerte, queen of elphame, mother shipton, la llorona, deichtine, delphic sibyl, isobel gowdie, sebile, kathleen ni houlihan, mary hamilton, fionnuala, pontianak, gwenhwyfach, maid marian, morgause, mary beaton, deirdre, mother carey, helen duncan, spider grandmother, millie, medb, lady of the bedchamber, queen gwendolen, evil queen, guinevere, mary brunton, izanami, janet douglas, lady glamis, margaret, maid of norway, ethniu, aslaug, lucina, saint margaret of scotland, french maid, queen mother of the west, nana buluku, achall, rebecca nurse, the lady of all nations, nehanda charwe nyakasikana, babalon, dorcas hoar, macha, mary, bridey murphy, marie-josephte corriveau, brigid of kildare, phantasia, blodeuwedd, acca larentia, scout, agnes waterhouse, morfydd, brunhild, mary bateman, la voisin, sigrid the haughty, mary ellen, dies, onoskelis, morgan le fay, mary ann maclean, tituba, griselda, allani, anne gunter, ness, maman brigitte, queen dowager, greenbrier ghost, female suicide bomber, black lady, sparta, catherine linton, antigone, lady, gradiva, murder of moll mccarthy, melkorka, stepgrandmother, spearfinger, uathach, jean gordon, countess of bothwell, euphemia de ross, athena, darkey kelly, loviatar, nyabinghi, medusa, euphemia i, countess of ross, suffragette, ann foster, goodwife

Similar Sounds

bionic, beanie, beano, beany, beenie, bino, bina, beatnik, beanbag, benight, bannock, beena, bini, be my, bna, baena, branagh, banik, bmg, banh mi, benaiah, banach, bemock, banak, bean bag, bomag, benic, bieniek, bmic, penknife, pionic, benin, bone age, been, banana, bean, beans, bannana, benign, beaner, bananna, bein, banna, bene, bana, beanies, bennie, bano, be mine, benet, beni, beene, bena, bema, bany, bani, beamy, beane, banya, beaned, beaning, benno, benni, benna, be on, baney, beanery, beine, banu, beag, banja, bandag, bania, bayani, banyo, banani, beknow, banano, beer mug, baana, bcg, beanos, bendig, bauhinia, bandog, beechnut, beef neck, banni, bean pie, beinn, be in, bain marie, bantock, been sick, be like, ben wa