vesta

Vesta
    n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose
         flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek
         Hestia
    2: the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered
    

Vesta \Ves"ta\ (v[e^]s"t[.a]), n. [L. Vesta, akin to Gr. "Esti`a
   Vesta, "esti`a the hearth of the house, and perhaps to Skr.
   ush to burn (see East), or perhaps to Skr. vas to dwell, and
   E. was.]
   1. (Rom. Myth.) One of the great divinities of the ancient
      Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin,
      and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on
      it, and the family round it.
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   2. (Astron.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by
      Olbers in 1807.
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   3. A wax friction match. --Simmonds.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Vesta, MN (city, FIPS 66982)
  Location: 44.50645 N, 95.41371 W
  Population (1990): 302 (140 housing units)
  Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 56292
    

Vesta, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
   Population (2000):    339
   Housing Units (2000): 142
   Land area (2000):     0.397308 sq. miles (1.029024 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.397308 sq. miles (1.029024 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            66982
   Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
   Location:             44.507079 N, 95.415784 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     56292
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Vesta, MN
    Vesta
    

71 Moby Thesaurus words for "Vesta":
      Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ate,
      Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter,
      Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother,
      Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen,
      Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur,
      Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore,
      Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus,
      Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa,
      Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina,
      Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Venus, Vulcan, Zeus,
      lares and penates