Hector
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈhɛktə//
- United States//ˈhɛktɚ//
A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
proper noun
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A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
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A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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A place name: A town in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
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A place name: A settlement in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town in Pope County, Arkansas.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: A locality in Clay County, Kentucky.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: A city in Renville County, Minnesota.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town in Schuyler County, New York, named after Hector Ely.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Hector Havemeyer.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: A township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
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A thundercloud cluster that forms nearly every afternoon from approximately September to March near the Tiwi Islands of Australia, reaching a height and width of 20 kilometers.
Etymology
From Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”). Sometimes used as an anglicization of various Scottish Gaelic names, including Eachann and Eochaid. The thundercloud cluster was named by pilots during the Second World War.
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