GAIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

• GAIA (noun)
  The noun GAIA has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology

  Familiarity information: GAIA used as a noun is very rare.

• GAIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gaea; Gaia; Ge

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

 Context examples 

The team began follow-up observations using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the Keck II telescope at the W. M. Keck Observatory and NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility (the latter two in Hawaii), and also examined data from ESA's (the European Space Agency's) Gaia mission.

(Citizen Scientists Find New World with NASA Telescope, NASA)