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Vinony

Haumea

proper noun

  1. dwarf planet beyond Neptune
  2. Hawaiian goddess
  3. mollusc genus
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌhɑː.uːˈmeɪ.ə/ / /haʊˈmeɪ.ə/

name

Etymology: From Hawaiian hau (“ruler”) (archaic) + mea (“reddish brown”), "red ruler".

  1. The goddess of fertility and childbirth.
  2. A dwarf planet with two known moons orbiting in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto.

    “Deep searches for regular satellites around Kuiper belt objects are difficult due to observational limitations, but Haumea is one of the few for which sufficient data exist.”