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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ῥέα ( Rhéa ) , the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology. Coined by French zoologist and natural philosopher Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760.
Proper noun
Rhea f
A taxonomic genus within the family Rheidae – rheas .
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
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English
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek Ῥέα ( Rhéa ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rhea
( Greek mythology ) A Titan , the daughter of Uranus and Gaia , the mother of Demeter , Hades , Hera , Hestia , Poseidon , and Zeus .
( astronomy ) Saturn V , one of the moons of Saturn .
( astronomy ) The asteroid 577 Rhea .
A female given name from Ancient Greek in occasional use.
Derived terms
Translations
goddess
Armenian: Հռեա (hy) ( Hṙea )
Bulgarian: Рея f ( Reja )
Cherokee: ᎴᎠ ( lea )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蕾亞 / 蕾亚 ( leoi5 aa3 , leoi4 aa3 )
Mandarin: 瑞亞 / 瑞亚 (zh) ( Ruìyà, Ruìyǎ ) , 雷亞 / 雷亚 ( Léiyà, Léiyǎ )
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: Rhea
French: Rhéa (fr) f
Georgian: რეა ( rea )
Greek: Ρέα (el) f ( Réa )
Ancient: Ῥέα f ( Rhéa )
Inuktitut: ᕇᐊ ( riia )
Latvian: Reja f
Lithuanian: Rėja f
Polish: Rea (pl) f , Reja f
Portuguese: Reia (pt) f
Russian: Ре́я (ru) f ( Réja )
Swahili: Rea
asteroid
Bulgarian: Рея f ( Reja )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 母神星 ( Mǔshénxīng )
Finnish: Rhea
Etymology 2
Variant of Rea .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rhea
A surname .
An unincorporated community in Rhea's Mill Township , Washington County , Arkansas , United States .
Derived terms
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Rhea , from Ancient Greek Ῥέα ( Rhéa ) .
Noun
Rhea
a female given name from English
( Greek mythology ) a Titan , the daughter of Uranus and Gaia , the mother of Demeter , Hades , Hera , Hestia , Poseidon , and Zeus
( astronomy ) one of the moons of Saturn
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Rhea .
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English Rhea , from Ancient Greek Ῥέα ( Rhéa ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rhea m
( Greek mythology ) Rhea (a titan )
( astronomy ) Rhea ( a moon of Saturn )
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See also