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hygieia

/haɪˈd͡ʒiː.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-gieia
IPA
/haɪˈd͡ʒiː.ə/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The goddess and personification of health and healthiness, a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.

name

10 Hygiea, a main belt asteroid that is the fourth-largest known.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὑγίεια (Hugíeia) from ὑγίεια (hugíeia, “health”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ὑγίεια

Inflected Forms

Hygiea (alternative) Hygeia (alternative)

Derived Forms

hygiene hygienic

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce hygieia?
The recorded pronunciation is /haɪˈd͡ʒiː.ə/.
What does hygieia mean?
The goddess and personification of health and healthiness, a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.
Where does hygieia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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