GREAT MOTHER

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• GREAT MOTHER (noun)
  The noun GREAT MOTHER has 1 sense:

1. great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops

  Familiarity information: GREAT MOTHER used as a noun is very rare.

• GREAT MOTHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cybele; Dindymene; Great Mother; Magna Mater; Mater Turrita

Instance hypernyms:

Phrygian deity (deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor)

 Context examples 

Already our hearts yearn and our spirits fly towards the great mother city which holds so much that is dear to us.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)