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Hyades

Syllables: Hya·des/ˈhaɪ.ədiːz/

Hyades proper noun: daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades.

hyades: daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades
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Proper noun

Hyades

  1. (Greek) Daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades.
  2. An open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, and the nearest visible such cluster to Earth.
    • The Pleiades and Hyades are sometimes spoken of as constellations, but this is a mistake; they are integral parts of Taurus.1893, E. W. Bullinger, Witness of the Stars, London: The author, page 121
    • An early Grecian gem shows three nude figures, hand in hand, standing on the head of the Bull, one pointing to seven stars in line over the back, which Landseer referred to the Hyades.1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and their Meaning, New York: G.E. Stechert, page 380

Origin of Hyades

From Middle English Hyades, Yades, from Latin Hyades, from Ancient Greek Ὑάδες (Huádes), nominative and vocative plural of Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς (Hū̆ắs, “one of the Hyades”).

Questions about Hyades

What does Hyades mean?
Hyades means daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades.
What part of speech is Hyades?
Hyades is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hyades?
Hyades is pronounced /ˈhaɪ.ədiːz/.

Words near Hyades in the dictionary

  1. hyacinthine
  2. hyacinthlike
  3. hyacinths
  4. hyacinths of Peru
  5. Hyacinthus
  6. Hyades
  7. hyaena
  8. hyaenae
  9. hyaenas
  10. hyaenic
  11. hyaenid

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