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Hector

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛktə/

The English word “Hector” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
  2. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Hector Havemeyer.
  3. 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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