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Gan⋅y⋅mede

  [gan-uh-meed]
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–noun
1. Also, Gan⋅y⋅me⋅des  [gan-uh-mee-deez] . Classical Mythology. a Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Olympus, where he was made the cupbearer of the gods and became immortal.
2. Astronomy. the largest moon of the planet Jupiter.
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Gan·y·mede   (gān'ə-mēd')   
n.  

  1. Greek Mythology A Trojan boy of great beauty whom Zeus carried away to be his lover and to be cupbearer to the gods.

  2. One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the seventh in distance from the planet. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is one of the largest satellites in the solar system.


[Latin Ganymēdēs, from Greek Ganumēdēs.]
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Ganymede   (gān'ə-mēd')  Pronunciation Key 
One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the seventh in distance from the planet. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is the largest satellite in the solar system.
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