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Hygeia

Hy-ge′ia

,
Noun.
[L.
Hygea
,
Hygia
, fr. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], health, [GREEK], Hygeia, fr. [GREEK] sound, healthy.]
(Classic Myth.)
The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius.

Definition 2024


Hygeia

Hygeia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Hygeia f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Higeia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).