| NOUN | person | Vesta | (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins |
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| object | Vesta | the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered |
| Sounds | veh'stah | |
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| Rhymes | Alberta ... zeta: 71 rhymes with tah... | |
| Meaning | (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia. | |
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| Category | Roman mythology | The mythology of the ancient Romans |
| Instance of | Roman deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Romans |
| Spanish | Vesta | |
| Catalan | Vesta | |
| Adjectives | vestal | of or relating to Vesta |
| Meaning | The brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered. | |
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| Instance of | asteroid | Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) |
| Spanish | 4 Vesta, Vesta | |
| Catalan | 4 Vesta | |
| Adjectives | vestal | of or relating to Vesta |
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