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Hera

name
/ˈhɪəɹə/

Etymology

Apparently a feminization of hero, replacing -o (suffix implying masculinity) with -a (“suffix implying femininity”). Sometimes capitalized as if assumed to be related to Hera.

  1. derived from Ἥρᾱ
  2. borrowed from Hēra

Definitions

  1. The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth

    The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.

  2. A female hero

    A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hera.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Hera. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01hera02rhea03uranus04herschel05king06monarch07danaus08argos

A definitional loop anchored at hera. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at hera

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA