Meaning of Galatea | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave
2. Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.
   Greek
3. Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.
   Greek
4. Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
   Greek
5. A moon of Neptune.
6. 74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.
7. A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.

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Examples

“He wore a blue galatea shirt, corduroy trousers and riding boots.”

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