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hera

/ˈhɪəɹə/

hera noun: a female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.

Noun

hera (plural heras)

  1. (uncommon) A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.
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    Synonyms:
    shero

Proper noun capitalized: Hera

Hera

  1. (Greek) The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.

Synonyms of hera

Forms of hera

pluralheras

Plural of hera: heras

Origin of hera

Apparently a feminization of hero, replacing -o (suffix implying masculinity) with -a (“suffix implying femininity”). Sometimes capitalized as if assumed to be related to Hera.

Borrowed from Latin Hēra, from Ancient Greek Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā).

Words that rhyme with hera

Questions about hera

What does hera mean?
Hera means a female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.
What part of speech is hera?
Hera can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hera?
Hera is pronounced /ˈhɪəɹə/.
What is the plural of hera?
The plural of hera is heras.

Words near hera in the dictionary

  1. Her Serene Highness
  2. her'n
  3. her's
  4. HER-2
  5. HER2
  6. hera
  7. herabol myrrh
  8. Herachandra
  9. Heraclea
  10. Heraclean
  11. Heracleian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hera (page history and authors); Hera (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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