Chimera

Chimera englannista suomeksi

1. Khimaira

1. Khimaira, khimaira

Chimera englanniksi

1. chimera

1. A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

2. 1771, :s:EB1|''Encyclopaedia Britannica'', 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184:

Britannica, First Edition/Chimera|CHIMERA, a fabulous monſter...

3. A fire-spewing mountain in Lycia or Cilicia, presumed to be an ancient name for the Yanartaş region of Turkey's Antalya Province.

Britannica, First Edition/Chimera|CHIMERA... The foundation of the fable was, that in Lycia there was a burning mountain, or vulcano, of this name; that the top of this mountain was ſeldom without lions, nor the middle, which had very good graſs, without goats; that ſerpents bred at the bottom, which was marſhy; and that Bellerophon rendered the mountain habitable.

4. (former name of), a port town in southern Albania.

Britannica, First Edition/Chimæra|CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the of Venice|gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly...

5. (former name of), the Albanian mountain range near Himara.

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