Definition
Relating to Alpheus or his river; in classical mythology, referring to the river god Alpheus or the river in ancient Greece.
Etymology
From Alpheus (Greek Alpheios), the name of a river god in Greek mythology, + -an (suffix denoting belonging or relating to). The river Alpheus still exists in Greece and was associated with many myths.
Kelly Says
In Greek mythology, the river god Alpheus fell in love with the nymph Arethusa and chased her so relentlessly that she was transformed into a fountain on the island of Sicily—yet the myth claims the river's waters still flow underwater beneath the Mediterranean to find her, a poetic way ancient Greeks explained the underground nature of some groundwater.
Translations
ARالعربية
الفيان
al-fi-an
BNবাংলা
অলফিয়ান
al-fi-an
CACatalà
alphean
al-phe-an
CSČeština
alphean
al-phe-an
DADansk
alphean
al-phe-an
DEDeutsch
alphean
al-phe-an
ELΕλληνικά
αλφειανός
al-fei-anos
ESEspañol
alpheano
al-phe-a-no
FISuomi
alphean
al-phe-an
FRFrançais
alphean
al-phe-an
HAHA
alfabēti
al-fa-be-ti
HUMagyar
alphean
al-phe-an
IDBahasa Indonesia
alphean
al-phe-an
ITItaliano
alpheano
al-phe-a-no
MSBahasa Melayu
alphean
al-phe-an
MYမြန်မာ
အလpheus
a-lpheus
NLNederlands
alphean
al-phe-an
NONorsk
alphean
al-phe-an
PLPolski
alphean
al-phe-an
PTPortuguês
alpheano
al-phe-a-no
RORomână
alphean
al-phe-an
RUРусский
альфейан
al-fey-an
SVSvenska
alphean
al-phe-an
SWKiswahili
alphean
al-phe-an
TAதமிழ்
அல்பியன்
al-pi-yan
TEతెలుగు
అల్ఫియన్
al-fi-yan
TRTürkçe
alphean
al-phe-an
UKУкраїнська
альфейан
al-fey-an
VITiếng Việt
alphean
al-phe-an
YOYO
alafabẹti
a-la-fa-be-ti
ZUZU
alfabhethi
al-fa-be-thi