Theia
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Theia
- /ˈθiːə/
Rhymes with -iːə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεία (Theía).
proper noun Thea · Thia
- A Titan, the sister-wife of Hyperion.
- An Oceanid nymph (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys), the mother of the Cercopes by Oceanus.
- A hypothesised Mars-sized planet of the early solar system thought to have collided with the Earth to produce the Moon. According to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet, still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force. That "giant impactor", named Theia
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Talk about this word "Theia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/theia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Theia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/theia "Theia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/theia.
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@misc{theia_2026,
title = {Theia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/theia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
