"Mother Nature" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mother Nature
  1. A personification of nature as woman, stressing fertility and fecundity. Based upon either goddesses of the earth and nature, Gaia, Rhea, or Demeter. Categories (topical): Personifications, Wicca Synonyms: Mother Earth Translations (the personification of Nature and the Earth's biosphere as a woman): Mare Naturalesa [feminine] (Catalan), Moeder Natuur [feminine] (Dutch), luontoäiti (Finnish), Mère Nature [feminine] (French), Dame Nature [feminine] (French), Mutter Natur [feminine] (German), प्रकृती (prakŕtī) [feminine] (Hindi), 母自然 (haha-shizen) (alt: ははしぜん) (Japanese), Mãe Natureza [feminine] (Portuguese), Madre Naturaleza [feminine] (Spanish), Moder Natur [common-gender] (Swedish), Inang Kalikasan (Tagalog), Doğa Ana (Turkish), Tabiat Ana (Turkish)

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