Helike
See also: helikë
English
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλίκη (Helíkē).
Proper noun
[edit]Helike
- (historical) An ancient Greek city that was submerged by a tsunami in 373 BC.
- (Greek mythology) A nymph who took care of Zeus in his infancy on Crete.
- (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.
Translations
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Helike
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- English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- English learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
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- en:Greek mythology
- en:Astronomy
- en:Moons of Jupiter
- Turkish lemmas
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- tr:Astronomy
- tr:Moons of Jupiter