"Mother Earth" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Mother Earth}} Mother Earth
  1. The personification of the Earth, (chiefly) conceived as a fertile, nurturing, and loving mother. Categories (topical): Personifications Synonyms (personification): Earth, Gaia, Gaea, Terra Related terms: Mother Nature Translations (personification of Earth): Moder Jord (Danish), Moeder Aarde [feminine] (Dutch), maaemo (Finnish), Terre-Mère [feminine] (French), Nai Terra [feminine] (Galician), დედამიწა (dedamic̣a) (Georgian), Mutter Erde [feminine] (German), पृथ्वी (pŕthvī) [feminine] (Hindi), Madre Terra [feminine] (Italian), 母地球 (haha-chikyū) (alt: ははちきゅう) (Japanese), Matka Ziemia [feminine] (Polish), Mãe Terra [feminine] (Portuguese), Мать-Земля (Matʹ-Zemlja) [feminine] (Russian), पृथ्वी (pṛthvī) [feminine] (Sanskrit), лэбиэд эмэй (lebied emej) (Southern Yukaghir), Madre Tierra [feminine] (Spanish), Moder Jord [common-gender] (Swedish), Doğa Ana (Turkish), y Fam Ddaear [feminine] (Welsh), nii gúsdzâné (Western Apache)
    Sense id: en-Mother_Earth-en-name-OApldJ~R Disambiguation of Personifications: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'personification': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'personification of Earth': 84 16
  2. (religion) The goddess of the earth in various cultures. Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms (goddess of the earth): Gaia, Gaea, Ge, Rhea, Demeter [Greek], Terra, Tellus [Roman], Earth Mother (alt: neopagan), Bhumi [Hinduism]
    Sense id: en-Mother_Earth-en-name-b8rNP1XY Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'goddess of the earth': 23 77

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