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nimpa [nim.pa.] : nymph (n.)
Synonyms: diwata

Derivatives of nimpa


Glosses:
nymph
n. (person)1. nymph(classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden.; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
~ classical mythologythe system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks.
~ graeco-roman deity, greco-roman deitya deity of classical mythology.
~ echo(Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained.
~ atlantides, hesperides(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera.
~ hyades(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward.
~ oread(Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs.
~ pleiades(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion.
~ asterope, sterope(Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades.
~ water nymph(Greek mythology) any nymph of the water.
~ daphne(Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo.
~ dryad, wood nympha deity or nymph of the woods.
~ salmacisnymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body.
n. (animal)2. nympha larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly).
~ larvathe immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
n. (person)3. houri, nympha voluptuously beautiful young woman.
~ adult female, womanan adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted"