Associations to the word «Hesperia»

Wiktionary

HESPERIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae   — the branded skipper.
HESPERIA, proper noun. Literally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa.
HESPERIA, proper noun. (Greek mythology) One of the Hesperides.
HESPERIA, proper noun. (astronomy) Short for 69 Hesperia, a main belt asteroid.
HESPERIA, proper noun. A city in southern California.

Wise words

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John Locke