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Makemake

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See also: makemake and Make-make

English

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Makemake with its small natural satellite.
🝼
Makemake's planetary symbol 🝼

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Rapa Nui Makemake.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.keˈmɑke/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

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Makemake

  1. (mythology) The creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island.
  2. (astronomy) A dwarf planet orbiting in the Kuiper belt, discovered in 2005.

Synonyms

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  • (celestial body): 2005 FY9
  • (celestial body): 🝼
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Translations

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See also

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Czech

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Etymology

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From Rapa Nui Makemake.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmakɛmakɛ]
  • Rhymes: -akɛ
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ke‧ma‧ke

Proper noun

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Makemake m anim

  1. (mythology) Makemake, the creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island
    • 1972, Stanislav Novotný, “Věčné záhady Velikonočního ostrova”, in Nový orient, volumes 27–28:
      Na počest těchto Ptačích mužů, představitelů boha Makemakeho, byly během čekání v Orongo do skal tesány rytiny []
      While waiting in Orongo, people chiselled engravings of these Bird Men, representing the god Makemake []

Declension

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Proper noun

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Makemake m inan (indeclinable)

  1. (astronomy) Makemake, a dwarf planet and large Kuiper belt object [since 2008]
    • 2017 October 12, “Jako šišatý Saturn. Vědci našli u trpasličí planety Haumea prstenec”, in Česká televize.cz[1]:
      Haumea byla uznána Mezinárodní astronomickou unií v roce 2008 a je jednou z pěti trpasličích planet vedle Pluta, Ceres, Eris a Makemake.
      Haumea was acknowledged by the International Astronomical Union in 2008 and is one of the five dwarf planets together with Pluto, Ceres, Eris and Makemake.

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Makemake.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.kɛˈma.kɛ/
  • Rhymes: -akɛ
  • Syllabification: Ma‧ke‧ma‧ke

Proper noun

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Makemake m animal (indeclinable)

  1. Makemake (dwarf planet, a cubewano)

Rapa Nui

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Proper noun

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Makemake

  1. creator god (also god of fertility) in Rapa Nui mythology

Descendants

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  • Czech: Makemake
  • English: Makemake
  • Polish: Makemake