Rhea

See also: rhea and Rhéa

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa), the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology.

Proper noun

Rhea f

A taxonomic genus within the family Rheidae – the rheas.

Hypernyms

(genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Palaeognathae - parvclass; Rheiformes - order; Rheidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Rhea americana, Rhea pennata - species

References

Rhea (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rhea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rhea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa).

Proper noun

Rhea

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.
(astronomy) One of the moons of Saturn.
A female given name in occasional use.
A surname.

Synonyms

(astronomy): Saturn V

Derived terms

Translations

goddess

Cherokee: ᎴᎠ (Lea)
French: Rhéa (fr) f
Greek: Ρέα (el) f (Réa)
Inuktitut: ᕇᐊ (riia)

Polish: Rea (pl) f, Reja f
Portuguese: Reia (pt) f
Russian: Ре́я (ru) f (Réja)
Swahili: Rea

moon

Cherokee: ᎴᎠ (Lea)
French: Rhéa (fr) f
German: Rhea f
Greek: Ρέα (el) f (Réa)
Irish: Rhea f

Italian: Rea (it) m
Polish: Rea (pl) f, Reja f
Portuguese: Reia (pt)
Russian: Ре́я (ru) f (Réja)
Spanish: Rea (es)

Anagrams

Hare, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, hare, hear

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa).

Noun

Rhea

a female given name
(Greek mythology) a Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus
(astronomy) one of the moons of Saturn

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