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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vesta \Ves"ta\, n. [L. Vesta, akin to Gr ? Vesta, ? 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
2. (Astron.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by
Olbers in 1807.
3. A wax friction match. --Simmonds.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Vesta
n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose
flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek
Hestia [syn: {Vesta}]
2: the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered [syn:
{Vesta}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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
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