heroEnglish

hero, Hero, Cuban sandwich, Hero of Alexandria, Heron

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Noun

A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments), different names are used in different sections of the United States

English: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep

A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

English: hero

Bahasa: pahlawan, perwira, wira

5 more noun senses

Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

English: Hero, Heron, Hero of Alexandria

Bahasa: Hero, Heron

The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem

English: hero

Bahasa: pahlawan, wira

(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits, often the offspring of a mortal and a god

English: hero

Bahasa: pahlawan, wira

(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her

English: Hero

Bahasa: Hero

A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

English: character, eccentric, type, case

Bahasa: cara, jenis, sifat, perkara, tokoh, pelaku, ciri, budi

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