English Explanatory Dictionary

Helike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ancient Greek city that was submerged by a tsunami in 373 BC.
  2. A nymph who took care of Zeus in his infancy on Crete.
  3. One of the moons of Jupiter.

Word forms

Helike

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλίκη (Helíkē).

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