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Rhea

//ˈɹiːə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus. Greek
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    Saturn V, one of the moons of Saturn.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Rhea's Mill Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States.
  5. 5
    The asteroid 577 Rhea.
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  1. 6
    A female given name from Ancient Greek in occasional use.
Noun
  1. 1
    A large flightless bird of the order Rheiformes, native to South America.
  2. 2
    Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.
  3. 3
    larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia wordnet
  4. 4
    smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Assamese ৰিহা (riha, “rihā”).

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa).

Etymology 4

Variant of Rea.

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