Hector.
A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
Meaning & usage
A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
A place name: A town in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
A place name: A settlement in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town in Pope County, Arkansas.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A locality in Clay County, Kentucky.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A city in Renville County, Minnesota.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town in Schuyler County, New York, named after Hector Ely.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Hector Havemeyer.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
A thundercloud cluster that forms nearly every afternoon from approximately September to March near the Tiwi Islands of Australia, reaching a height and width of 20 kilometers.
Where this word comes from
From Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”). Sometimes used as an anglicization of various Scottish Gaelic names, including Eachann and Eochaid. The thundercloud cluster was named by pilots during the Second World War.
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