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Webster 1913 Edition

Thalia

Tha-li′a

,

Noun.

[L., fr. Gr.

Θάλεια

, originally, blooming, luxuriant, akin to

θάλλειν

to be luxuriant.]

(Class. Myth.)

(a)

That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.

(b)

One of the three Graces.

(c)

One of the Nereids.

Definition 2024

Thalia

Thalia

See also: thalia

English

Proper noun

Thalia

(Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.
(Greek mythology) One of the three Graces/Charites.
(astronomy) Short for 23 Thalia, a main belt asteroid.
(rare) A female given name.

Translations

the muse of comedy and idyllic poetry

Catalan: Talia f
Danish: Thalia
Greenlandic: Thalia
Hungarian: Thaleia (hu), Thalia (hu)

Inuktitut: ᑕᓕᐊ ‎(talia)
Polish: Talia (pl) f
Portuguese: Tália (pt) f
Russian: Та́лия (ru) f ‎(Tálija)

one of the three Graces

Hungarian: Thaleia (hu), Thalia (hu)
Polish: Talia (pl) f

Portuguese: Tália (pt) f
Russian: Та́лия (ru) f ‎(Tálija)

Derived terms

See also

(Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania

thalia

thalia

See also: Thalia

English

Noun

thalia ‎(plural thalias)

(botany) Any of the genus Thalia of tropical plants found in aquatic or marshy habitats.