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Noun: Vesta
  1. (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia
     
  2. The brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered
    - 4 Vesta

Derived forms: Vestas

Type of: asteroid, Roman deity

Encyclopedia: Vesta, North Dakota

Nearest

vespid wasp
Vespidae
Vespucci
Vespula
Vespula maculata
Vespula maculifrons
Vespula vulgaris
vessel
vest
vest pocket
Vesta
vestal
vestal virgin
vested
vested interest
vestiary
vestibular
vestibular apparatus
vestibular fold
vestibular gland
vestibular sense