Chimera

chimera chimæra chimaera chiméra Chimaera Chiméra English + (mythology) Mount Chimaera thumb|250px|Chimera on a red-figure Apulia Apulian plate, 350340 yes (Louvre Musée du Louvre) thumb|250px|"Chimera of Arezzo": an Etruscan civilization Etruscan bronze Alternative forms en Chimaera chimera chimaera Etymology As the mythological beast, a variant case form of en chimera, q.v. As an ancient mountain, directly from en la mons la Chimaera Mount Chimera, from en grc Χίμαιρα, attested in Strabo. Pronunciation en /kaɪˈmɪɹə/ /kəˈmɪɹə/ GA en /kʌɪˈmɪəɹə/ /kɪˈmɪəɹə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Chimera.wav US Proper noun en Greek mythology 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. 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184: CHIMERA, a fabulous monſter... en geography Ancient Greece A fire-spewing mountain in Lycia or Cilicia, presumed to be an ancient name for the Yanartaş region of Turkey's Antalya Province. 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184: CHIMERA... The foundation of the fable was, that in Lycia there was a burning mountain, or vulcano, of this name; that the top of this mountain was ſeldom without lions, nor the middle, which had very good graſs, without goats; that ſerpents bred at the bottom, which was marſhy; and that Bellerophon rendered the mountain habitable. en historical en Himara, a port town in southern Albania. 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184: CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly... en historical en Ceraunian Mountains, the Albanian mountain range near Himara. Coordinate terms Greek myth en Cerberus, en Hydra, en Typhon, en Echidna Translations Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon Armenian: hy քիմեր Azerbaijani: az Ximera Breton: br Kimera Bulgarian: bg химера f Catalan: ca quimera f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 喀邁拉 kāmàilā Czech: cs Chiméra f Danish: da Kimære c, da kimære c Esperanto: eo ĥimero Estonian: et Kimäär, et kimäär Finnish: fi Khimaira, fi khimaira French: fr Chimère f, fr chimère f Galician: gl Quimera f German: de Chimäre f Greek: el Χίμαιρα f, el χίμαιρα f Ancient Greek: grc Χίμαιρα f, grc χίμαιρα f Greenlandic: kl Kimære Hebrew: he כימרה Hindi: hi खिमेरा Hungarian: hu Kiméra Ido: io kimero Indonesian: id Khimaira Inuktitut: iu ᕿᒦᕋ Italian: it chimera f Japanese: ja キメラ kimera, ja キマイラ kimaira Korean: ko 키메라, ko 키마이라 Latin: la Chimaera f Macedonian: mk химера f Norwegian: no Kimære, no Khimaira Persian: fa شیمر, fa کایْمِرا Polish: pl Chimera f Portuguese: pt Quimera f, pt quimera f Russian: ru химе́ра f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Химера f, sh химера f Latin: sh Himera f, sh himera f Spanish: es quimera f Swedish: sv chimaira c, sv chimära c, sv kimera c, sv Chimaira Tagalog: tl kimera Thai: th คิเมียรา Turkish: tr Kimera References chimera chimaera n 31708 2022 Anagrams en acehimr haremic Polish pl:+ thumb|Chimera Alternative forms pl Chimajra Etymology pl :lbor la:Chimaera 2 1 Pronunciation chimera Proper noun f pl Greek mythology en Chimera monster killed by Bellerophon Declension s Related terms pl adjectives chimerny chimeryczny pl adverbs chimerycznie pl nouns chimera chimeryczka chimeryczność chimeryk chimeryzm pl verbs chimerować<g:impf> schimerować<g:pf> Further reading 53865 pl Mythological figures