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Ananke

American  
[uh-nang-kee, uh-nan-kee] / əˈnæŋ ki, əˈnæn ki /

noun

Astronomy.
  1. a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.


Ananke British  
/ əˈnæŋkɪ /

noun

  1. a small outer satellite of Jupiter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Ananke

From the Greek word anánkē necessity, force


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The Ananke has been transformed, with only Althea remaining aboard to guide its development.

From The Verge ● Jul. 20, 2016

“Lightless” is the first of a planned series, and you can’t help looking forward to learning what’s next for Althea and Ananke.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2015

The intruders have infected Ananke with a mysterious virus whose symptoms include an ability to turn herself on and off and rampant feelings of narcissistic grandiosity.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2015

Advertisement Advertisement Ananke, by contrast, is an infant, contending with the first inklings of sentience.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2015

As Ananke, Tyche assumes quite another character, and becomes the embodiment of those immutable laws of nature, by which certain causes produce certain inevitable results.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens

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