rhea

rhea · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῬέα“the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”
2. taxonomic name · learned borrowing fromRhea
3. English todayrhea

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa, “the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”).

rhea · noun²

1. as · derived fromৰিহা“rihā”
2. English todayrhea

From Assamese ৰিহা (riha, “rihā”).

Rhea · proper noun³

1. Ancient GreekῬέα (Rhéa)
2. LatinRhea
3. English todayRhea

Internationalism. Learned borrowing from Latin Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa). The origin of the Ancient Greek name is disputed. Suggested explanations connect it with ἔρα (éra, “ground, earth”) or ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, stream”), while a Pre-Greek or Minoan origin has also been proposed. The moon of Saturn was discovered by Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1672. Its present name, after the mythological Rhea, was proposed by John Herschel in 1847 as part of his naming scheme for Saturn's moons. The asteroid 577 Rhea is likewise named after the mythological Rhea. Compare German Rhea, Finnish Rhea, French Rhéa, Spanish Rea, Italian Rea and English Rhea.

Rhea · proper noun⁴

Variant of Rea.