GALILEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Galilean mean? 

• GALILEAN (noun)
  The noun GALILEAN has 2 senses:

1. an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ)

2. one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo

  Familiarity information: GALILEAN used as a noun is rare.

• GALILEAN (adjective)
  The adjective GALILEAN has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to Galileo or his works

2. of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants

  Familiarity information: GALILEAN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALILEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Galilaean; Galilean

Hypernyms ("Galilean" is a kind of...):

denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)

Derivation:

Galilean (of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Galilean; Galilean satellite

Hypernyms ("Galilean" is a kind of...):

satellite (any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star)

Instance hyponyms:

Callisto (the second largest of Jupiter's satellites)

Europa (the 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites; covered with a smooth shell of frozen water)

Ganymede (the largest of Jupiter's satellites)

Io (the closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes)

• GALILEAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Galileo or his works

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Galileo (Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642))

Derivation:

Galilee (an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry)

Galileo (Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Galilaean; Galilean

Pertainym:

Galilean (an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ))

Galilee (an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry)

Derivation:

Galilean (an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ))

Galilee (an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry)

 Context examples 

Io, the innermost of Jupiter's four large "Galilean" moons, is about 2,300 miles across (3,630 kilometers).

(A Hellacious Two Weeks on Jupiter's Moon Io, NASA)