Chimera

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (Greek) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
2. A fire-spewing mountain in Lycia or Cilicia, presumed to be an ancient name for the Yanartaş region of Turkey's Antalya Province.
3. (historical) Former name of Himara, a port town in southern Albania.
4. (historical) Former name of Ceraunian Mountains, the Albanian mountain range near Himara.

Έννοιες

Χίμαιρα

χίμαιρα

Συνώνυμα

Chimaera

chimaera

Μεταφράσεις

Chimäre

Chimère

Quimera

Quimera

Chimera

chimera

Chimaera

chimère

Chimæra

Quimera

chimera

chimaera

Holocéphales

Holocephali

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/kaɪˈmɪɹə/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

As the mythological beast, a variant case form of chimera, q.v. As an ancient mountain, directly from Latin mons Chimaera (“Mount Chimera”), from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira), attested in Strabo.