Rhea

See also: rhea and Rhéa

Contents

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 – the 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, 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

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa).

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) One of the moons of Saturn.
3. A female given name in occasional use.
4. A surname​.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): Saturn V

Derived terms

• Rhea County
• Rheic
• Rhean

Translations

goddess

• Cherokee: ᎴᎠ (Lea)
• French: Rhéa (fr) f
• Greek: Ρέα (el) f (Réa)

  Ancient: Ῥέα f (Rhéa)

• 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

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Cebuano

Etymology

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

Noun

Rhea

1. a female given name
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