Rhea

See also: rhea and Rhéa

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Rhea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rheidae – rheas.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Paleognathae – infraclass; Rheiformes - order; Rheidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Rhea americana - type species; Rhea pennata - other 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 1

From Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.ə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Rhea

1. (Greek mythology) A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.
2. (astronomy) Saturn V, one of the moons of Saturn.
3. (astronomy) The asteroid 577 Rhea.
4. A female given name from Ancient Greek in occasional use.

Derived terms

• Rheic
• Rhean

Translations

goddess

• Armenian: Հռեա (hy) (Hṙea)
• Cherokee: ᎴᎠ (lea)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蕾亞 / 蕾亚 (leoi⁵ aa³, leoi⁴ aa³)

  Mandarin: 瑞亞 / 瑞亚 (zh) (Ruìyà, Ruìyǎ), 雷亞 / 雷亚 (Léiyà, Léiyǎ)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: Rhea
• French: Rhéa (fr) f
• Georgian: რეა (rea)
• Greek: Ρέα (el) f (Réa)

  Ancient: Ῥέα f (Rhéa)

• Inuktitut: ᕇᐊ (riia)
• Latvian: Reja f
• Lithuanian: Rėja f
• Polish: Rea (pl) f, Reja f
• Portuguese: Reia (pt) f
• Russian: Ре́я (ru) f (Réja)
• Swahili: Rea

moon

• Cherokee: ᎴᎠ (lea)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土衛五 / 土卫五 (Tǔwèiwǔ)

• Finnish: Rhea
• 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)

asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 母神星 (Mǔshénxīng)

• Finnish: Rhea

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

Rhea

1. A surname

Derived terms

• Rhea County

Anagrams

• Ahre, Hare, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, hare, hear, hera

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Noun

Rhea

1. a female given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]
2. (Greek mythology) a Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus
3. (astronomy) one of the moons of Saturn

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Rhea.