English Explanatory Dictionary

Haumea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˌhɑː.uːˈmeɪ.ə/ /haʊˈmeɪ.ə/

Word forms

Haumea

Etymology

From Hawaiian hau (“ruler”) (archaic) + mea (“reddish brown”), "red ruler".

Synonyms

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Related words

Haumea's moons Namaka and Hiʻiaka Haumeid

Translations

Arabic: هَاوْمِيَا Bulgarian: Хауме́я Chinese Cantonese: 妊神星 Chinese Mandarin: 妊神星 Czech: Haumea Esperanto: Haŭmeo French: Hauméa Hebrew: הַאוּמֶיָה Japanese: ハウメア Khmer: ហូមា Korean: 하우메아 Macedonian: Хауме́ја Navajo: Haʼooméya Portuguese: Haumea Russian: Хауме́а Spanish: Haumea Thai: เฮาเมอา Vietnamese: Haumea
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