rhea

See also: Rhea and Rhéa

English

Greater rhea (Rhea americana), southern Argentina

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa, “the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

rhea (plural rheas)

1. A large flightless bird of the order Rheiformes, native to South America.

Derived terms

• American rhea (Rhea americana)
• common rhea (Rhea americana)
• Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata)
• greater rhea (Rhea americana)
• grey rhea
• lesser rhea (Rhea pennata)
• puna rhea (Rhea tarapacensis)

Translations

flightless bird

• Assamese: ৰিয়া চৰাই (ria sorai)
• Asturian: ñandú (ast) m
• Catalan: nyandú (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎠᎺᎵᎨ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (amelige gvna utana), ᎵᎠ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (lia gvna utana)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鶆䴈 / 𱉵𬸩 (lái'ǎo)

• Czech: nandu (cs) m
• Dutch: nandoe (nl) m
• Esperanto: nanduo, reao
• Finnish: nandu (fi)
• French: nandou (fr) m
• German: Nandu (de) m
• Hungarian: nandu (hu)
• Italian: nandù (it) m
• Japanese: レア (ja) (rea)
• Korean: 레아 (ko) (rea)
• Navajo: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ tsídiitsoh
• Old Tupi: nhandu
• Polish: nandu (pl) n
• Portuguese: ema (pt) f, nhandu (pt) m, nandu m
• Quechua: suri
• Romanian: nandu (ro) m
• Russian: нанду (ru) (nandu)
• Spanish: ñandú (es) m
• Swahili: nandu (sw)
• Swedish: nandu (sv) c

References

• Rhea (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rhea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

From Assamese ৰিহা (riha, “rihā”).

Noun

rhea

1. Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.

References

• "rhea" in Collins English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Ahre, Hare, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, hare, hear, hera