Amalthea

See also: amalthea

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amáltheia).

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  • Hyphenation: A‧mal‧the‧a

Proper noun

Amalthea

  1. (Greek mythology) The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.
  2. (astronomy) The third most distant moon of Jupiter.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Amalthea f

  1. alternative form of Amalteia

Turkish

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amáltheia).

Proper noun

Amalthea

  1. (astronomy) Amalthea
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