NAIADS

Domain	Definition
Food & Agriculture	A tribe of mollusks that is practically equivalent to the family Unionidae and includes the freshwater mussels. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Naiads Nymphs of lakes, fountains, rivers, and streams. (Classical mythology.) (See Fairy .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Naiads

In Greek mythology, the Naiads (from the Greek νάειν, "to flow," and νἃμα, "running water") were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, marshes, springs, rivers, streams, brooks, ponds and lakes. They were associated with fresh water more than the Oceanids, though there was some overlap. The Nereids, on the other hand, specifically represented the Mediterranean Sea.

Types of Naiads

Crinaeae (fountains)
Limnades or Limnatides (lakes)
Pegaeae (springs)
Potameides (rivers)
Eleionomae (marshes)

If a Naiad's body of water dried, she died.

They were often the object of local cults, worshipped as fertility goddesses. Their waters were sometimes thought to have magical medical or prophetic powers.

The Naiads were also known to exhibit extreme jealous tendences. One story of Naiad jealousy was that of a shepherd named Daphnis who was the lover of Nomia, Daphnis had on several occasions been unfaithful to Nomia and as revenge she permanently blinded him.

The Naiads were either daughters of Zeus or various Oceanids.

List of naiads

Aegle
Castalia
Creusa
Lilaea
Melite
Nomia
Periboea

Apollodorus. Library 2.95, 2.11, 2.21, 2.23, 1.61, 1.81, 1.7.6; Homer. Odyssey 13.355, 17.240, Iliad 14.440, 20.380; Ovid. Metamorphoses; Hesiod. Theogony

Usage Frequency: NAIADS

"NAIADS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "NAIADS" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: NAIADS

Modern Translation: NAIADS

Language		Translations for "NAIADS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Naiadoida (freshwater bivalves, Naiadoida). (various references)

Dutch		Naiadoida (freshwater bivalves, Naiadoida). (various references)

French		Naiadoida (Naiadoida). (various references)

German		Naiadoida (freshwater bivalves, Naiadoida). (various references)

Greek		ναϊαδοειδή (freshwater bivalves, Naiadoida). (various references)

Italian		Naiadoida (freshwater bivalves, Naiadoida). (various references)

Pig Latin		aiadsnay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: NAIADS

Misspellings: NAIADS

Misspellings
	"NAIADS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anads, anaid, Nadaud, Nahida, naides, naids, Nairacs, Najand, Najas, Napirasu, Naqada, Naxiades, naxians, nayas, Negidals, neilans, Neuadd, niad, niads, niaid, nikiyas, n'iras, Nsiad, Nuniads. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: NAIADS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-n-s"
	-1 letter: nadas, naiad.
	-2 letters: aids, ains, anas, ands, anis, ansa, dais, dins, nada, sadi, said, sain, sand.
	-3 letters: aas, ads, aid, ain, ais, ana, and, ani, din, dis, ids, ins, sad, sin.
	-4 letters: aa, ad, ai, an, as, id, in, is, na, si.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-n-s"
	+1 letter: indabas, naiades, navaids, radians, scandia.
	+2 letters: antacids, araneids, ascidian, bandaids, candidas, daphnias, diapason, gainsaid, laniards, nandinas, paladins, pintadas, radiants, scandias, sialidan, tabanids, zenaidas.
	+3 letters: abidances, abstained, acaridans, adaptions, adnations, adynamias, aphidians, arachnids, arcadians, arcadings, ascidians, badinages, bastinade, bastinado, canalised, carangids, cardigans, cardinals, cascading, cyanamids, damasking, deaminase, diagonals, diamantes, diapasons, dilatants, drainages, dulcianas, fantasied, gardenias, guardians, haciendas, hairbands, handicaps, handmaids, handrails, harridans, indagates, mainlands, mandarins, mandiocas, marinades, mridangas, nailheads, nasalised, nasalized, paganised, paranoids, qindarkas, radiances, radicands, rainbands, sandaling, sanitated, sialidans, tamarinds, vanadiums, vandalise, vandalism, waistband, zamindars.
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