Gaea n : (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaia, Ge]

English

Alternative spellings

• Gaia
• Ge

Proper noun

Gaea

1. The earth, daughter of Chaos, both mother and wife of Uranus (the sky) and Pontus (the sea).

Translations

• Dutch: Gaia
• Greek: Γαῖα (yea)

See also

• Pangaea, the massive pre-historic continent that later split into several continents.

Gaia or Gaea may refer to:

Earth and the Solar System

The Gaia Project by Hwee-Yong Jang (2012 The Earths coming great changes)

• Gaia (mythology), the primal Greek goddess of the earth
• Gaea (crater), a crater on Amaltheaa moon of Jupiter
• Gaia hypothesis, an ecological hypothesis that considers the earth's ecosystem as a single organism
• Gaia mission, a European space mission due for launch in 2011
• Gaia Movement, an international network sharing a concern for a more sustainable earth
• Gaia philosophy, the concept that living organisms on a planet will affect the nature of their environment in order to make the environment more suitable for life

Fiction

• Gaia (Foundation universe), a planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series
• Gaia (Marvel Comics), a character in Marvel Comics
• Gaea (Marvel Comics), a character in Marval Comics
• Gaia Gear, a science-fiction story by Yoshiyuki Tomino
• Gaea trilogy, three science fiction novels by John Varley
• Gaia, Rogue Champion, a character in the PlayStation game Battle Arena Toshinden
• ZGMF-X88S Gaia Gundam, a weapon from the Cosmic Era of the anime Gundam metaseries

Modern culture

• Gaea (Escaflowne), the planet in the anime The Vision of Escaflowne
• Gaia (Final Fantasy VII), the planet in the role play game
• Gaia Moore, the heroine of the Fearless (novel series) by Francine Pascal
• Ultraman Gaia, a Japanese TV show
• Gaia, a character in God of War II
• Gaia, the Earth spirit in the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
• Gaia, the spirit of Earth in the TV series Captain Planet and the Planeteers
• Gaia Records, a publishing company in the manga Nana
• Gaians are a faction in the game Alpha Centauri
• Gaea, an island in the novel The Arm of the Starfish

People

• Gaia Wise, the daughter of British actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson
• Gaia, a pseudonym of DJ Armin Van Buuren

Music

• Gaia (album), an album by Mägo de Oz
• Gaia (1994 album), an album by Despina Vandi
• "Gaia (song)", a song by The Devin Townsend Band
• Banco de Gaia, an English electronic music band
• Gaia, an album by the Sweden band Tiamat
• "Gaia", an album and song by Valensia
• "Gaia", a song by Janne da Arc ジャンヌダルク
• Gaia, a song by James Taylor on Hourglass (album)
• Gaia, a song by Japanese musician Kitarō

Places

• Gaia (Havana), an arts center in Havana, Cuba
• Vila Nova de Gaia, a city in Portugal
• Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados

Miscellaneous

• Gaia Online, an Internet forum
• GAEA Japan, a wrestling promotion
• Gaia Trafikk, a former Norwegian company
• Gaea Armor, a feature of game Mega Man X5
• Gaia Power Technologies, a New York battery company
• Gaia-Wind, a wind turbine manufacturer

See also

• Illusion of Gaia
• Pangaea
• Gaya (disambiguation)

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