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What does Minerva mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Minerva? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. (Roman) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts, especially crafts and in particular weaving. She is the Roman counterpart of Athena.
  2. (astronomy) Short for 93 Minerva, a main belt asteroid.
  3. (poetic) wisdom
Name
  1. A female given name of Latin origin.
    1. (meaning, history) The mythological goddess of wisdom.
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The Romans identified her with Minerva, a goddess of the household and of craftsmen.
Minerva has long believed that stress can trigger skin complaints, although some dermatologists disagree.
Minerva is used to researchers describing the studies in a meta-analysis as poor, inadequate, or badly reported.
A couple of weeks ago Minerva mentioned that walnuts made a Mediterranean diet even more healthy.
Before Minerva could defend Kelly with a catty remark, Kelly cut her short.
The media are often accused of whipping up medical scare stories, so Minerva was interested to read that sometimes they can be praised.

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