English Explanatory Dictionary

Theia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Titan, the sister-wife of Hyperion.
  2. An Oceanid nymph (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys), the mother of the Cercopes by Oceanus.
  3. A hypothesised Mars-sized planet of the early solar system thought to have collided with the Earth to produce the Moon.

Pronunciation

/ˈθiːə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Theia.wav

Word forms

Theia Thea Thia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεία (Theía).

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