Haumea

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English

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🝻
Haumea's planetary symbol 🝻

Etymology

From Hawaiian hau (ruler) (archaic) + mea (reddish brown), "red ruler".[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌhɑː.uːˈmeɪ.ə/, /haʊˈmeɪ.ə/

Proper noun

Haumea

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) The goddess of fertility and childbirth.
  2. A dwarf planet with two known moons orbiting in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto

Synonyms

  • (celestial body): 🝻

Translations

See also

References

  1. ^ Mary Kawena Puku'i and Samuel H.Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 382.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Haumea, from Hawaiian (archaic) hau (ruler) + mea (reddish brown), "red ruler".

Proper noun

Haumea

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) the goddess of fertility and childbirth
  2. a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto

Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from English Haumea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: Hau‧mea

Proper noun

Haumea f

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea (goddess)
    • 2008 September 20, Jana Tichá, “Haumea – pátá trpasličí planeta pojmenována”, in Planetky.cz:
      Haumea je jméno bohyně plodnosti a porodu z havajské mytologie.
      Haumea is the name of the goddess of fertility and childbirth from Hawaiian mythology.
  2. (astronomy) Haumea (dwarf planet)
    • 2017 October 12, “Jako šišatý Saturn. Vědci našli u trpasličí planety Haumea prstenec”, in Česká televize.cz:
      Trpasličí planeta Haumea, která se nachází za Neptunem, má prstenec.
      The dwarf planet Haumea, which is located behind Neptune, has got a ring.

Declension

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Haumea

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea
  2. (rare) a female given name from Hawaiian
  3. Haumea (dwarf planet)

References

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English Haumea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xawˈmɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Syllabification: Hau‧me‧a

Proper noun

Haumea f

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea (goddess of fertility and childbirth)
  2. Haumea (dwarf planet with two known moons orbiting in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto)

Declension

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /auˈmea/
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: Hau‧me‧a

Proper noun

Haumea f

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea (goddess of fertility and childbirth)
  2. Haumea (dwarf planet)