Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins;
counterpart of Greek Hestia;
2.
the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vesta \Ves"ta\ (v[e^]s"t[.a]), n. [L. Vesta, akin to Gr. "Esti`a
Vesta, "esti`a the hearth of the house, and perhaps to Skr.
ush to burn (see East), or perhaps to Skr. vas to dwell, and
E. was.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) One of the great divinities of the ancient
Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin,
and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on
it, and the family round it.
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2. (Astron.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by
Olbers in 1807.
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3. A wax friction match. --Simmonds.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Vesta
n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose
flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek
Hestia
2: the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "Vesta":
Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ate,
Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter,
Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother,
Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen,
Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur,
Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore,
Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus,
Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa,
Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina,
Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Venus, Vulcan, Zeus,
lares and penates
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Vesta, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 339
Housing Units (2000): 142
Land area (2000): 0.397308 sq. miles (1.029024 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.397308 sq. miles (1.029024 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66982
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.507079 N, 95.415784 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56292
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Vesta, MN
Vesta