Definitions for Galatea

Galatea gal·a·te·a

Spelling: [gal-uh-tee-uh]
IPA: /ˌgæl əˈti ə/

Galatea is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in Galatea (aaaeglt).

Definitions for Galatea

noun

  1. a strong cotton fabric, plain or striped, for clothing.
  2. a sea nymph who was the lover of Acis.
  3. a maiden who had been an ivory statue carved by Pygmalion and brought to life by Aphrodite in response to his prayers.

Origin of Galatea

First recorded in 1880-85; named after the 19th-century British man-of-war H.M.S. Galatea; the fabric was once used for children's sailor suits

Examples for Galatea

There might be such a strait as that through which the galatea was gliding.

The galatea must go on manned by her own people, and the old Indian, who was to act as pilot.

The shadows of evening were falling as he went into the room that he had made sacred to galatea.

After this we were transferred to the galatea and sailed for Halifax.

Our Futurist Pygmalion (on seeing his galatea come to life).

It is not our design to give any description of the galatea's crew.

Meanwhile, his romance of "galatea" and of his own life are both growing.

The European side contains the galatea tower, the Beyogolou district, the things one reads about when learning about Istanbul.

Humour he had in plenty; one has only to recall Acis and galatea.

And galatea read his letters with increasing ardor and slept with them under her pillow.

Word Value for Galatea
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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