Chimera

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

Chimère

chimère

Chimaeriformes

Chimera

Holocephali

Holocéphales

chimaera

Cibo Matto

Synonymes

Chimaera

chimaera

Traductions

Chimäre

Χίμαιρα

Quimera

chimera

Quimera

Chimera

Chimaera

Quimera

Chimæra

chimera

Chimera

quimera

canavar

خيميرا

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kaɪˈmɪɹə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.