"Hera" meaning in English

See Hera in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈhɪəɹə/, /ˈhɪɹə/
Rhymes: -ɪəɹə, -ɪɹə Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Hēra, from Ancient Greek Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Hēra}} Latin Hēra, {{der|en|grc|Ἥρᾱ}} Ancient Greek Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hera
  1. (Greek mythology) The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities Translations (queen of the gods, wife of Zeus): Ἥρα (Hḗra) (Ancient Greek), Հերա (Hera) (Armenian), Hera [feminine] (Catalan), 赫拉 (hèlā) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲏⲣⲁ (ēra) (Coptic), Héra [feminine] (Czech), Hera (Dutch), Hero (Esperanto), Hera (Estonian), Hera (Finnish), Héra [feminine] (French), Hera [feminine] (Galician), ჰერა (hera) (Georgian), Hera [feminine] (German), Ήρα (Íra) [feminine] (Greek), Héra (Hungarian), Hera [feminine] (Icelandic), Héire [feminine] (Irish), Era [feminine] (Italian), ヘラ (Hera) (Japanese), 헤라 (Hera) (Korean), Hēra (Latin), Hēra [feminine] (Latvian), Hera [feminine] (Lithuanian), Хе́ра (Héra) [feminine] (Macedonian), Hera [feminine] (Polish), Hera [feminine] (Portuguese), Ге́ра (Géra) [feminine] (Russian), Héra [feminine] (Slovak), Hera [feminine] (Slovene), Hera [feminine] (Spanish), Hera (Swahili), Hera [common-gender] (Swedish), Hera (Turkish), Ге́ра (Héra) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Hera-en-name-Jq4u5hw8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Related terms: Juno, Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus Related terms (Greek mythology Olympian gods): god

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Géra",
      "sense": "queen of the gods, wife of Zeus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ге́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "queen of the gods, wife of Zeus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Héra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "queen of the gods, wife of Zeus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "queen of the gods, wife of Zeus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "queen of the gods, wife of Zeus",
      "word": "Hera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "queen of the gods, wife of Zeus",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Hera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "queen of the gods, wife of Zeus",
      "word": "Hera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Héra",
      "sense": "queen of the gods, wife of Zeus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ге́ра"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hera"
}

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