English Explanatory Dictionary

rhea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large flightless bird of the order Rheiformes, native to South America.
noun
  1. Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.
name
  1. A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.
  2. Saturn V, one of the moons of Saturn.
  3. The asteroid 577 Rhea.
  4. A female given name from Ancient Greek in occasional use.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Rhea's Mill Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹiːə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rhea.wav /ˈɹiː.ə/ /ˈɹeɪə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rhea2.wav /ɹeɪ/

Word forms

rhea rheas

Etymology

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa, “the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”).

Derived words

American rhea common rhea Darwin's rhea greater rhea grey rhea lesser rhea puna rhea Rheic Rhean Rhea County Rhea's Mill

Translations

Armenian: Հռեա Bulgarian: Рея Cherokee: ᎴᎠ Chinese Cantonese: 蕾亞 /蕾亚 Chinese Mandarin: 瑞亞 /瑞亚 Chinese Mandarin: 雷亞 /雷亚 Chinese Mandarin: 土衛五 /土卫五 Finnish: Rhea French: Rhéa Georgian: რეა Greek: Ρέα Ancient Greek: Ῥέα Inuktitut: ᕇᐊ Japanese: レア Korean: 레아 Latvian: Reja Lithuanian: Rėja Polish: Rea Polish: Reja Portuguese: Reia Russian: Ре́я Swahili: Rea German: Rhea Irish: Rhea Italian: Rea Spanish: Rea
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