Galatea en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɡæləˈtiːə/
Etymology
From Latin Galatēa, from Ancient Greek Γαλάτεια (Galáteia).
Meanings
- (Greek) Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.
- (Greek) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.
- (Greek) Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
- A moon of Neptune.
- 74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.
- A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.
Translations (6)
el Γαλάτεια (Galatea) · ru Галате́я (Galatea) · la Galatēa (Galatea) · grc Γαλάτεια (Galatea) · fi Galateia (Galatea) · fr Galatée (Galatea)
wikipedia: +, New Zealand · wikipedia: Leucippus (daughter of +) · wikipedia: Acis and + (mythology) · wikipedia: 74 +