Hera

Definition: Hera

Hera

Noun

1. 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.

"Hera" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a hero", "a warrior", "a period of time", "chosen".

Date "Hera" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Hera

Domain	Definitions
Computing	HERA An electron-proton collider at DESY, W. Germany. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Literature	Hera The Greek Juno, the wife of Zeus. (The word means "chosen one," harreo.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Hera

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In Greek Mythology, Hera is the goddess of marriage, and wife and sister of Zeus. She spends most of her time plotting revenge on the other women her husband consorts with. This frustrated Zeus so much he occasionally chained her to Mt. Olympus by attaching anvils to her feet. She was called Juno by the Romans.

Worship

Hera was especially worshipped at Argos, where the Heraia, festivals in her honor, were celebrated. There were also temples to Hera in Olympia, Mycene, Sparta, Paestum, Corinth, Tiryns, Perachora, Samos and Delos.

Hera's wagon was pulled by peacocks, one of her symbols, along with the crow, pomegranate, diadem, veil and cow. Her association with cattle led to an alternate name Bopis ("cow-eyed" or "with big eyes").

In Rome

Hera was believed to watch and protect all women, and was called by the Romans "the one who makes the child see the light of day". Every year, on the first of March, women held a festival in honor of Juno called the Matronalia. On July 7 was another festival in her honor, the Nonae Caprotinae ("The Nones of the Wild Fig"). Many people consider the month of June, which is named after the goddess who is the patroness of marriage, to be the most favorable time to marry. Juno's own warlike aspect is apparent in her attire. She often appeared armed and wearing a goatskin cloak, which was the garment favoured by Roman soldiers on campaign.

She was called Regina ("queen"). As Juno Moneta ("she who warns"), she protected the finances of the Roman Empire. Lucina was an epithet for Juno as "she who brings children into light".

Hera's Children

Hera was jealous of Zeus' giving birth to Athena without her (actually with Metis), so she gave birth to Hephaestus without him. (An alternate version discounts this and says Zeus and Hera were both parents of Hephaestus) Zeus and/or Hera were then disgusted with Hephaestus' ugliness and threw him from Olympus. As another alternative version, Hera gave birth to all of the children usually accreditted to her and Zeus together, alone by beating her hand on the ground or eating lettuce.

Hephaestus gained revenge against Hera for rejecting him by making her a magical throne which, when she sat on it, didn't allow her to leave it. The other gods begged Hephaestus to return to Olympus to let her go but he repeatedly refused. Dionysus got him drunk and took him back to Olympus on the back of a mule. Hephaestus released Hera after being given Aphrodite as his wife.

Hera and Zeus's Lovers and Children

For a time, a nymph named Echo (mythology) had the job of distracting Hera from Zeus' affairs by incessantly talking. When Hera discovered the deception, she cursed Echo to only speak the words of others (hence our modern word "echo").

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Hera

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
HERA	English	High Energy Reaction Analysis Group	N/A
HERMES	English	HERa MEasurement of nuclear Spin	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Hera

Synonym: Here (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Hera

English words defined with "Hera": apple of discord, Ares, Atlantides ♦ Hebe, Hesperides ♦ Io ♦ Juno ♦ Poseidon ♦ Zeus. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Hera": Gods. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Hera" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (Hera), Finnish (whey), Portuguese (ivy, ivy bush).

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Modern Usage: Hera

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Fjorten mand og Hera (1929)

Hera Purple (2001)

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Commercial Usage: Hera

Domain	Title
Books	Call the Darkness Light (The Hera Series) (reference) Child of the Morning (The Hera Series) (reference) Great Maria (The Hera Series) (reference) Lady of the Reeds (The Hera Series) (reference) The Corn King and the Spring Queen (The Hera) (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Hera

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Usage Frequency: Hera

"Hera" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hera" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	44	51,500

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Hera

The following table summarizes the usage of "Hera" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Hera	Last name	170	51,394
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Hera

"Hera" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a hero", "a warrior", "a period of time", "chosen".

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "Hera".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Heracleitus	Male	Ancient Greek (Latinized)	The glorious Hera
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: Hera

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Hera": hera-temple.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hera

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
hera	251
hera lighting	30
goddess greek hera	26
goddess hera	24
hera picture	20
hera son zeus	11
hera and zeus	10
god greek hera	7
hera project	7
hera temple	7
hera pheri	6
greek hera	5
hera lind	4
hera juno	4
god hera	3
hera venenosa	3
hera mandi	3
hera jewelry	3
hera myth	3
hera mythology	2
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Modern Translations: Hera

Language		Translations for "Hera"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		Hera. (various references)

Esperanto		Hero. (various references)

Greek		ήρα (Juno). (various references)

Pig Latin		erahay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Hera

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 67
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Tote eneptusan eiV to proswpon autou kai ekolafisan auton oi de errapisan
Latin	405	Vulgate	Tunc expuerunt in faciem eius et colaphis eum ceciderunt alii autem palmas in faciem ei dederunt
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ða spætton hyo on hys ansiene. & beoton hine mid here festum. Sume hineslogan on hys ansiene mid hera brada (sic)handen.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Thanne thei speten `in to his face, and smyten hym with buffatis; and othere yauen strokis with the pawme of her hondis in his face,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Then spat they in his face and boffeted him with fistes. And other smote him with the palme af their hondes
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Then they spit in his face, and buffetted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Hera

Language	Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 67
Bulgarian	А те в отговор рекоха: Изложи се на смъртно наказание.
Cebuano	Unya ilang gilud-an siya sa nawong, ug ilang gipanagsumbag siya; ug gisagpa siya sa uban
Chinese	他們就吐 �"� 沫在他臉上、 �"� 拳 � � �" 他．也有 �"� 手掌 �" 他的、說、
Croatian	Tada su mu pljuvali u lice i udarali ga, a drugi ga pljuskali
Danish	Da spyttede de ham i Ansigtet og gave ham Næveslag; andre sloge ham på Kinden
Dutch	Toen spogen zij in Zijn aangezicht, en sloegen Hem met vuisten.
Finnish	Silloin he sylkivät häntä silmille ja löivät häntä nyrkillä kasvoihin; ja toiset sivalsivat häntä poskelle
French	L� -dessus, ils lui crachèrent au visage, et lui donnèrent des coups de poing et des soufflets en disant:
German	Da spieen sie aus in sein Angesicht und schlugen ihn mit Fäusten. Etliche aber schlugen ihn ins Angesicht
Haitian Creole	Lè sa a, yo pran krache nan figi l', yo tonbe ba l' kout pwen. Gen ladan yo ki ba l' souflèt.
Hungarian	Akkor szemébe köpdösének és arczul csapdosák õt, némelyek pedig botokkal verék,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lalu mereka meludahi muka Yesus, dan memukul Dia. Ada juga yang menampar Dia
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Lalu mereka itu meludahi muka-Nya, serta meninju Dia; dan ada yang menampar Dia,
Italian	Allora gli sputarono in faccia e lo schiaffeggiarono; altri lo bastonavano,
Korean	이 에 예 수 의 얼 굴 에 침 뱉 으 며 주 먹 으 로 치 � 혹 은 손 �" 닥 으 로 때 리 며
Latvian	Tad tie spïâva Viòam sejâ un sita Viòu dûrçm, bet citi pliíçja Viòu sejâ
Manx Gaelic	Eisht cheau ad shellaghyn ayns e eddin, as woaill ad eh, as woaill feallagh elley eh lesh bassyn nyn laueyn.
Maori	Na ka tuwhaina tona mata e ratou, ka kurua ia; ko etahi i papaki i a ia,
Modern Greek	Τοτε ενεπτυσαν εις το προσωπον αυτου και εγρονθισαν αυτον, αλλοι δε ερραπισαν,
Norwegian	Da spyttet de ham i ansiktet og slo ham med knyttet neve; andre slo ham med stokker
Portuguese	Então uns lhe cuspiram no rosto e lhe deram socos;
Rumanian	Atunci L-au scuipat kn fayq, L-au bqtut cu pumnii, wi L-au pqlmuit,
Russian	фПЗ�"Б � МЕЧБМЙ еНХ Ч МЙ�"Е Й ЪБХЫБМЙ еЗП; �"ТХЗЙЕ ЦЕ Х�"БТСМЙ еЗП � П МБОЙФБН
Shuar	Tiar usukiawarmiayi yapiniam. Tura awattiarmiayi. Chikichcha yapiniam awati wishikiainiak tiarmiayi
Spanish	Entonces le escupieron en la cara y le dieron de puñetazos, y otros le dieron bofetadas,
Swahili	Kisha wakamtemea mate usoni, wakampiga makofi. Wengine wakiwa wanampiga makofi,
Swedish	Därefter spottade man honom i ansiktet och slog honom på kinderna, den ene med knytnäven, den andre med flata handen,
Thai	แล้วเขาถ่มน้ำลายร�"พระพักตร์พระองค์และตีพระองค์ และคนอื่นเอาฝ่ามือตบพระองค์
Ukrainian	Тоді стали плювати на обличчя Йому, та бити по щоках Його, інші ж киями били,
Uma	Ngkai ree, ra'uelikui lio-na pai' -i raweba'. Ria wo'o to mpohopo' -i, pai' ra'uli' -ki:
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Derivations: Hera

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Hera": herald, heralded, heraldic, heraldically, heralding, heraldries, heraldry, heralds. (additional references)
	Words containing "Hera": antheral, aromatherapies, aromatherapist, aromatherapists, aromatherapy, bibliotherapies, bibliotherapy, botheration, botherations, chemotherapeutic, chemotherapeutically, chemotherapeutics, chemotherapies, chemotherapist, chemotherapists, chemotherapy, chronotherapies, chronotherapy, cryotherapies, cryotherapy, decipherable, electrotherapies, electrotherapy, furtherance, furtherances, gherao, gheraoed, gheraoes, gheraoing, hydrotherapies, hydrotherapy, hypnotherapies, hypnotherapist, hypnotherapists, hypnotherapy, immunotherapeutic, immunotherapies, immunotherapy, indecipherable, nontherapeutic, peripheral, peripherally, peripherals, pharmacotherapies, pharmacotherapy, physiotherapies, physiotherapist, physiotherapists, physiotherapy, psychotherapeutic, psychotherapeutically, psychotherapies, psychotherapist, psychotherapists, psychotherapy, radiotherapies, radiotherapist, radiotherapists, radiotherapy, spheral, subtherapeutic, therapeuses, therapeusis, therapeutic, therapeutically, therapeutics, therapies, therapist, therapists, therapsid, therapsids, therapy, undecipherable, unheralded, weatherabilities, weatherability. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Hera

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: hare, hear, rhea.
	Words within the letters "a-e-h-r"
	-1 letter: are, ear, era, hae, her, rah.
	-2 letters: ae, ah, ar, eh, er, ha, he, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-h-r"
	+1 letter: chare, earth, gerah, haler, hared, harem, hares, hater, haver, hayer, hazer, heard, hears, heart, herma, raphe, rathe, reach, rehab, rheas, share, shear.
	+2 letters: achier, adhere, aether, afresh, ahorse, anther, arched, archer, arches, ashier, ashler, ashore, basher, bather, bertha, breach, breath, cahier, chafer, chared, chares, charge, chaser, chawer, chorea, dasher, dearth, earths, earthy, echard, eparch, eschar, exarch, father, gasher, gather, gerahs, gherao, hacker, haeres, hafter, hailer, haired, halers, haleru, halter, hammer, hamper, hanger, hanker, harden, harder, hareem, harems, harked, harken, harmed, harmer, harped, harper, haters, hatred, hatter, hauler, havers, hawker, hawser, hayers, hazers, hazier, header, healer, hearer, hearse, hearth, hearts, hearty, heater, heaver, hegari, hegira, hejira, herald, herbal, hereat, hermae, hermai, hernia, hoarse, hoaxer, hydrae, kasher, lasher, lather, masher, ochrea, orache, phrase, preach, rachet, raphae, raphes, rasher, rashes, rather, rehabs, rehang, rehash, rehear, reheat, rewash, rhaphe, search, seraph, shader, shaker, shaper, shared, sharer, shares, shaver, shears, sherpa, shmear, tephra, teraph, thaler, thawer, thenar, thrave, thread, threap, threat, trefah, washer, whaler, wharve, wreath.
	+3 letters: abhenry, adhered, adherer, adheres, aethers, airhead, airhole, airshed, airthed, another, anthers, archaea, archers, archery, archine, archive, armhole, ashlers, bashers, batcher, bathers, bearhug, bearish, becharm, begorah, behaver, berthas, blather, braches, brachet, brasher, brashes, breadth, breathe, breaths, breathy, brecham, brechan, cahiers, caroche, cashier, catcher, chafers, chaffer, chaired, chamber, chamfer, champer, chancre, changer, chanter, chapter, charade, charged, charger, charges, charier, charked, charley, charlie, charmed, charmer, charnel, charred, charted, charter, chasers, chaster, chatter, chaufer, chawers, cheaper, cheater, cheddar, chimera, cholera, chorale, choreal, choreas, clasher, coacher, crashed, crasher, crashes, dashers, dashier, dearths, diehard, earache, earshot, earthed, earthen, earthly, echards, endarch, enthral, eparchs, eparchy, ephedra, ephoral, eschars, exarchs, exarchy, farther, fathers, feather, flasher, gathers, gaucher, graphed, hachure, hackers, hackler, hafters, haggler, hagride, hagrode, hailers, hairier, hairnet, halberd, halbert, haltere, halters, halvers, hammers, hammier, hampers, hamster, hanaper, handier, handler, hangers, hankers, happier, hardens, hardest, hardier, hardies, hardset, hareems, harelip, harkens, harmers, harmine, harness, harpers, harpies, harried, harrier, harries, harshen, harsher, harslet, harvest, hastier, hatcher, hatreds, hatters, hauberk, haulers, haulier, haunter, hauteur, havered, haverel, hawkers, hawsers, hayride, haywire, headers, headier, healers, hearers, hearing, hearken, hearsay, hearsed, hearses, hearted, hearten, hearths, heaters, heather, heavers, heavier, hectare, hegaris, hegiras, hejiras, hektare, heparin, heralds, herbage, herbals, herdman, herniae, hernial, hernias, hetaera, hetaira, hirable, hoarded, hoarder, hoarier, hoarsen, hoarser, hoaxers, homager, humaner, humeral, hydrase, hydrate, hydriae, hyraces, hyraxes, inearth, inhaler, jarhead, kashers, larches, lashers, lathers, lathery, lathier, laugher, leacher, leather, loather, machree, marched, marchen, marcher, marches, marshes, mashers, matcher, menorah, mesarch, mishear, narthex, ochreae, oraches, outhear, oxheart, panther, parched, parches, patcher, peacher, perhaps, phorate, phrased, phrases, plasher, poacher, preachy, preheat, prewash, quasher, rachets, ralphed, ranched, rancher, ranches, raphide, rashers, rashest, ratches, ratchet, rathole, rawhide, reached, reacher, reaches, rechart, recheat, redhead, rehangs, reheard, rehears, reheats, rematch, repatch, reshape, reshave, reteach, rhaphae, rhaphes, roached, roaches, schmear, senhora, seraphs, shaders, shadier, shakers, shakier, shalier, shammer, shapers, sharers, sharked, sharker, sharped, sharpen, sharper, sharpie, shatter, shavers, sheared, shearer, sherpas, shmears, shoaler, slasher, slather, smasher, spheral, swasher, swather, teacher, tephras, teraohm, terefah, thalers, thanker, thawers, theater, theatre, thenars, therapy, thereat, theriac, thermae, thermal, thraves, thrawed, threads, thready, threaps, threats, trachea, trachle, tranche, trashed, trashes, trehala, unearth, unheard, upreach, urethan, urethra, warhead, washers, washier, watcher, wearish, weather, whacker, whalers, whapper, wharfed, wharves, whereas, whereat, wrathed, wreathe, wreaths, wreathy, xerarch, yachter.
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