Mother Earth

English

Proper noun

Mother Earth

The personification of the Earth, (chiefly) conceived as a fertile, nurturing, and loving mother.
(religion) The goddess of the earth in various cultures. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

(personification): Earth; Gaia, Gaea; Terra
(goddess of the earth): Gaia, Gaea, Ge, Rhea, Demeter (Greek); Terra, Tellus (Roman); Earth Mother (neopagan)

Related terms

Mother Nature

Translations

personification of Earth

Danish: Moder Jord
Dutch: Moeder Aarde f
Finnish: maaemo
French: Terre-Mère f
Galician: Nai Terra f
German: Mutter Erde f
Hindi: पृथ्वी (hi) f (pŕthvī)
Italian: Madre Terra f

Japanese: 母地球 (ははちきゅう, haha-chikyū)
Polish: Matka Ziemia f
Portuguese: Mãe Terra f
Sanskrit: पृथ्वी (sa) f (pṛthvī)
Spanish: Madre Tierra f
Swedish: Moder Jord c
Turkish: Doğa Ana, Yertinç Ana

Anagrams

Earth Mother, earth mother

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