Gaia
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology the ancient Greek goddess who personified the earth and whose numerous offspring include Uranus, by whom she bore the Titans and the Cyclopes.
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the earth, when regarded as the self-regulating organism described by the Gaia hypothesis.
Our destiny is dependent on what we do for Gaia as a whole.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Gaia
First recorded in 1970–75; from Greek gaîa “earth, the earth”
Example Sentences
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Roi Elba came to the shelter with his dog Gaia to wait out a missile salvo.
From Barron's
The team used data from several ground-based surveys along with observations from the Gaia space telescope.
From Science Daily
Today, this unusual star circles a quiet black hole in a system known as Gaia BH2.
From Science Daily
The survey analyzes measurements from two European Space Agency missions -- Hipparcos and Gaia -- which track tiny motions in stars caused by the gravitational pull of unseen companions.
From Science Daily
The 17-year-old was born in Singapore to an English father and a Japanese mother, and currently plays for Portuguese side Valadares Gaia.
From BBC
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