Zeus

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The name of a Greek god, related to the old Indo-European god *Dyeus whose name probably meant "shine" or "sky". In Greek mythology he was the highest of the gods. After he and his siblings defeated the Titans, Zeus ruled over the earth and humankind from atop Mount Olympus. He had control over the weather and his weapon was a thunderbolt.

EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Zeno, Zenon
GREEK: Zinon
ITALIAN: Zeno
POLISH: Zenon
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Zenais
OTHER FORMS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Deion, Deon, Deonte
ANCIENT GREEK: Diocles, Diodoros, Diodorus, Diodotos, Diodotus, Diogenes, Diokles, Dion, Dionysios, Dionysius, Zenobia, Zenobios
ANCIENT ROMAN: Diocletianus
BIBLICAL: Dionysius
CROATIAN: Denis
CZECH: Denis, Denisa
DUTCH: Denise, Dennis
ENGLISH: Den, Denice, Deniece, Denis, Denise, Dennis, Denny, Deon, Deonne, Dion, Dione, Dionne, Dwight, Dyson, Tennyson, Ty, Tyson
FRENCH: Denis, Denise, Diodore, Zénaïde
GERMAN: Denis, Dennis
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Diomedes, Dione, Dionysos, Dionysus
GREEK: Dionysios, Zenovia, Zinovia
HISTORY: Diocletian
HUNGARIAN: Dénes
ITALIAN: Dionisio
LATE GREEK: Zenaida
LATE ROMAN: Dionysia
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH: Dionisia, Diot, Dye, Tenney
PORTUGUESE: Dinis, Diniz, Dionísio
ROMANIAN: Denis, Denisa, Dionisie
RUSSIAN: Denis, Zina, Zinaida, Zinoviy, Zinoviya
SLOVAK: Denis, Denisa, Dionýz
SLOVENE: Denis
SPANISH: Dionisio
UKRAINIAN: Denys