how to pronounce rhea

/ˈɹiːə/

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rhea is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of rhea in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… where a woman named Rhea Silvia lives …”

meanings of rhea

name:

One of the moons of Saturn.
A surname.
A female given name from Ancient Greek in occasional use.
A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.

noun:

A large flightless bird of the genus Rhea, native to South America.
Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.

rhea frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word rhea occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.