Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth; the wife and sister of Zeus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek myth, the greatest feminine divinity of Olympus, queen of heaven, wife and sister of Zeus, and inferior in power to him alone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno
Etymologies
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Examples
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SPEAKING OF HERA: Hera and Nicholas (Chief and Cally's baby) will play a defining role in the conclusion of the series.
Puntabulous 2009
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Evidently Hera is going to make trouble and Festus may too.
Monica Edinger: It's a New Session at Rick Riordan's Camp Half-Blood Monica Edinger 2010
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The merging does come to pass as the newspaper article suggesting that Hera is the ancestor of everyone indicates, but I would have made it a conscious decision instead of a result of evolution.
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Evidently Hera is going to make trouble and Festus may too.
Monica Edinger: It's a New Session at Rick Riordan's Camp Half-Blood Monica Edinger 2010
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For example, in Cornelia, the myth of the beauty contest among Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera is played out by the Somerset sisters.
slayground: Interview: Lesley M.M. Blume Little Willow 2006
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But I don’t think that Hera is behind my suffering.
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So, although Hera is the goddess of maternity and reputed to be something of a meanie, I don’t think that she’s to blame.
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A few hours later, the surviving Challenger visitors, plus several Vulcans and one Caitian, had returned to the city formerly known as the Hera.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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A few hours later, the surviving Challenger visitors, plus several Vulcans and one Caitian, had returned to the city formerly known as the Hera.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Lips: Select a color two shades darker than your natural lip color, something like my DeVine Goddess Lipstick in Hera.
Napoleon Perdis: Witty in Pink: Celebrating the Most Flattering Makeup Shade Napoleon Perdis 2010
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