Hera

See also: hera, Héra, Herą, and herą

English
Hera

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hēra, from Ancient Greek Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪəɹə/, /ˈhɪɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹə, -ɪɹə

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,[1] mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.

Translations

See also

References
  1. Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology, Arthur Cotterell, Oxford University Press, 1986

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. Hera

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈheːʁɑ], [ˈheːɐ]

Proper noun

Hera

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera

Further reading

Faroese

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Hera: Heruson
  • daughter of Hera: Herudóttir

Declension
Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Hera
Accusative Heru
Dative Heru
Genitive Heru

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera

German

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛːra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːra

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera
  2. a female given name

Declension
declension of Hera
f-w1 singular
indefinite
nominative Hera
accusative Heru
dative Heru
genitive Heru

Japanese

Romanization

Hera

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ヘラ

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera, the queen of the gods and goddess of marriage and birth

Declension
    Declension of Hera
nominative Hera
genitive Heros
dative Herai
accusative Herą
instrumental Hera
locative Heroje
vocative Hera

Maori

Etymology

From English Sarah.

Proper noun

Hera

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sarah

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Hēra.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxɛ.ra/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: He‧ra

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera (queen of the gods, wife of Zeus)

Declension
Declension of Hera
singular
nominative Hera
genitive Hery
dative Herze
accusative Herę
instrumental Herą
locative Herze
vocative Hero

Further reading
  • Hera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese
Hera

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ɾɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
  • Homophones: era, hera
  • Hyphenation: He‧ra

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera (goddess of marriage and birth)

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾa/ [ˈe.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: He‧ra
  • Homophone: era

Proper noun

Hera f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Proper noun

Hera c (genitive Heras)

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera

See also

Anagrams

Turkish

Proper noun

Hera

  1. (Greek mythology) Hera
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