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Jupiter

Pronunciation: /¹jʉː.pɪ.tər/

“Jupiter” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 3 meanings in English:

proper noun

  1. Jupiter; the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet in the Solar System, composed chiefly of hydrogen and helium
  2. Jupiter; the chief Roman god, ruler of the sky and weather and especially associated with thunder and lightning, corresponding to the Greek god Zeus
  3. Jupiter; a beach resort on the Black Sea in Romania, administered as part of Mangalia in Constanța County

Etymology

Internationalism, based on Latin Iuppiter (“Jupiter, the chief Roman god”), also Iūpiter. The Latin nominative continues an ancient vocative expression combining the name of the sky god with pater (“father”), essentially “Father Jove”; compare the oblique stem Iov-, seen in the genitive Iovis. The name continues Proto-Italic *djous patēr (“sky father”), from *djous (“day, sky”) + *patēr…

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