Polyhymnia

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πολυύμνια (Poluúmnia), Πολύμνια (Polúmnia)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɒliˈhɪmniə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑliˈhɪmniə/, /ˌpɑlɪˈhɪmniə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪmniə

Proper noun

Polyhymnia

1. (Greek mythology) The Muse of sacred music.
2. (astronomy) 33 Polyhymnia, a main belt asteroid.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 33 Polyhymnia, ㉝

Derived terms

• Polyhymnian

Translations

muse of sacred music

• Armenian: Պոլիհիմնիա (hy) (Polihimnia)
• Bulgarian: Полихимния f (Polihimnija)
• Danish: Polyhymnia
• Georgian: პოლიჰიმნია (ṗolihimnia)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Πολυύμνια f (Poluúmnia), Πολύμνια f (Polúmnia)

• Greenlandic: Polyhymnia
• Hungarian: Polühümnia (hu)
• Icelandic: Pólýhymnía f
• Inuktitut: ᐳᓕᐦᐃᒻᓂᐊ (polihimnia)
• Italian: Polinnia f
• Portuguese: Polímnia f, Poliímnia f
• Russian: Полиги́мния (ru) f (Poligímnija)

Asteroid

• Bulgarian: Полихимния f (Polihimnija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 司瑟星 (Sīsèxīng)

See also

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania

Portuguese

Proper noun

Polyhymnia f

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Polímnia