Embla

[ em-blah ]

noun

, Scandinavian Mythology.

1. the first woman, made by the gods from a tree.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Embla¹

< Old Norse, probably akin to almr elm

Example Sentences

He turned instead to Embla, a prototype of similar speech recognition technology that is designed to show users what it would be like to talk to their “phones and refrigerators and cars” in Icelandic, a language that many technologies today don’t understand.

From Seattle Times

Embla knows that Jóhannesson is the president of Iceland and knows his wife’s name, but she doesn’t know the distance between Seattle and San Jose, California – information that would have been helpful as Jóhannesson prepared for a visit to the U.S. this week.

From Seattle Times

When the Stena Embla arrived in Belfast on 2 January the company said it would be concentrating on transporting freight between Belfast and Liverpool.

From BBC

Breaking news: in another Brexit-busting move our new vessel Stena Embla is NOT starting from Belfast as planned.

From BBC

When the Stena Embla arrived in Belfast on 2 January the company said it would be concentrating on transporting freight between Belfast and Liverpool.

From BBC