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Chimera en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /kʌɪˈmɪəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kɪˈmɪəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /kəˈmɪɹə/ (General-American)
• /kaɪˈmɪɹə/ (General-American)

Etymology

As the mythological beast, a variant case form of chimera, q.v. As an ancient mountain, directly from Latin mons Chimaera (“Mount Chimera”), from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira), attested in Strabo.

Meanings

1. (Greek) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
   • CHIMERA, a fabulous monſter... 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184
2. (qualifier:Ancient Greece) A fire-spewing mountain in Lycia or Cilicia, presumed to be an ancient name for the Yanartaş region of Turkey's Antalya Province.
   • CHIMERA... The foundation of the fable was, that in Lycia there was a burning mountain, or vulcano, of this name; that the top of this mountain was ſeldom without lions, nor the middle, which had very good graſs, without goats; that ſerpents bred at the bottom, which was marſhy; and that Bellerophon rendered the mountain habitable. 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184
3. (historical) Former name of Himara, a port town in southern Albania.
   • CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly... 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184
4. (historical) Former name of Ceraunian Mountains, the Albanian mountain range near Himara.

Forms

Coordinates

Typhon (Greek myth) · Echidna (Greek myth) · Hydra (Greek myth) · Cerberus (Greek myth)

Translations (55)

fa کایْمِرا (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · eo ĥimero (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · gl Quimera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · br Kimera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · io kimero (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · hy քիմեր (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · kl Kimære (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · et kimäär (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · ko 키메라 (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · et Kimäär (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · sv Chimaira (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · de Chimäre (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · ja キマイラ (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · sv chimaira (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · ru химе́ра (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · fr Chimère (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · no Khimaira (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · es quimera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · sv chimära (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · da kimære (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · id Khimaira (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · ko 키마이라 (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · sh Химера (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · la Chimaera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · bg химера (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · az Ximera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · tr Kimera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · th คิเมียรา (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · fi khimaira (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · sh химера (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · grc χίμαιρα (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · hu Kiméra (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · no Kimære (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · el χίμαιρα (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · sh Himera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · ca quimera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · da Kimære (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · grc Χίμαιρα (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · fa شیمر (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · pt Quimera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · cs Chiméra (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · ja キメラ (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · el Χίμαιρα (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · mk химера (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · cmn 喀邁拉 /喀迈拉 (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · tl kimera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · sh himera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · pt quimera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · he כימרה (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · fi Khimaira (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · fr chimère (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · iu ᕿᒦᕋ (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · it chimera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · pl Chimera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon) · sv kimera (Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon)

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