"Minerva" meaning in English

See Minerva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /mɪˈnɜː.və/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mɪˈnɝ.və/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Minerva.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Minervas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Minervalbor. English Minerva Learned borrowing from Latin Minerva. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|la:Minerva|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin Minervalbor. English Minerva [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Minerva", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Minerva", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Minerva"> Learned borrowing from Latin Minerva. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Minerva (plural Minervas)
  1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts, especially crafts and in particular weaving. She is the Roman counterpart of Athena. Wikidata QID: Q126916 Tags: Roman
    Sense id: en-Minerva-en-name-en:Q126916 Categories (other): Roman deities Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (astronomy) 93 Minerva, a main belt asteroid. Related terms: minerval
    Sense id: en-Minerva-en-name-Lg~dHTlO Categories (other): Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. (poetic) Wisdom. Tags: poetic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms (Eternal Virgin Goddesses): Athena, Belisama, Artemis, Diana, Hestia, Vesta Translations (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts): مِينِيرْفَا (minirfā) [feminine] (Arabic), Միներվա (english: Minerva) (Armenian), Мине́рва (Minérva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 彌涅耳瓦 /弥涅耳瓦 (Míniè'ěrwǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Minerva [feminine] (Czech), Minervo (Esperanto), Minerve [feminine] (French), Μινέρβα (Minérva) [feminine] (Greek), ミネルバ (Mineruba) (Japanese), 미네르바 (Minereuba) (Korean), Minerva [feminine] (Latin), Minerwa [feminine] (Polish), Minerva [feminine] (Portuguese), Мине́рва (Minérva) [feminine] (Russian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'Eternal Virgin Goddesses': 36 37 27 Disambiguation of 'goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts': 49 1 50

Proper name

Forms: Minervas [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Italian Minervabor. English Minerva Borrowed from Italian Minerva. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|it:Minerva|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Italian Minervabor. English Minerva [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "Minerva", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Minerva", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Minerva"> Borrowed from Italian Minerva. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Minerva (plural Minervas)
  1. A surname from Italian.
    Sense id: en-Minerva-en-name-rsy3jwmJ Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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