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Amaltheia

Amaltheia is the alternative form of Amalthea.

Meaning of Amalthea

Proper noun

Amalthea

  1. (Greek) The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.
  2. The third most distant moon of Jupiter.

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Questions about Amaltheia

What is Amaltheia the alternative form of?
Amaltheia is the alternative form of Amalthea.

Words near Amaltheia in the dictionary

  1. amaltas
  2. amalthea
  3. Amalthea's horn
  4. Amalthean
  5. Amaltheans
  6. Amaltheia
  7. Amaltheian
  8. amaltheid
  9. amaltheids
  10. Amalung
  11. Amalungs

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