Associations to the word «Galatea»
Noun
- Painting
- Milk
- Capture
- Cherry
- Verse
- La
- Vega
- Plymouth
- Sea
- Vessel
- Diana
- Moon
- Poem
- Cruise
- Ensemble
- Love
- Sculpture
- Boarding
- Giant
- Orbit
- Adrian
- Adams
- Uss
- Ring
- Monte
- Casualty
- Palace
- Escort
- Beauty
- Satellite
- Dialogue
- Squadron
- Chorus
- Cannon
- Anderson
- Mistress
- Trinity
- Jean
- Poet
- Theatre
- Navy
- Guinea
- Di
- Shakespeare
- Edinburgh
- Royal
- Contrast
- Fair
- Dean
- Helen
- Rage
- Fiction
- Grace
- French
- Reed
- Story
- Robot
- Short
- Birth
Adjective
Wiktionary
GALATEA, noun. (textiles) A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave.
GALATEA, proper noun. (Greek mythology) Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.
GALATEA, proper noun. (Greek mythology) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.
GALATEA, proper noun. (Greek mythology) Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
GALATEA, proper noun. (astronomy) A moon of Neptune.
GALATEA, proper noun. (astronomy) Short for 74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.
Dictionary definition
GALATEA, noun. (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
Wise words
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