hera

1. 1.

   queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno

   SynonymsHere

   BroaderGreek deity

Other forms of hera

plural

heras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hera

What does hera mean?

hera means "queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno".

How many syllables are in hera?

hera has 2 syllables: her-a. The stress falls on "her". In IPA it is /ˈhɪɹə/.

What is another word for hera?

Close synonyms include Here. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hera a common word?

hera is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.