Makemake

• Make-make (deity)

From Rapa Nui Makemake.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.keˈmɑke/

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Makemake

1. (mythology) The creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island.
2. (astronomy) A dwarf planet orbiting in the Kuiper belt, discovered in 2005.

• (celestial body): 2005 FY₉
• (celestial body): 🝼

• Makemakean

• (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna
• Makemake (deity) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Makemake (dwarf planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Rapa Nui Makemake.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmakɛmakɛ]
• Rhymes: -akɛ
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ke‧ma‧ke

Makemake m anim

1. (mythology) Makemake, the creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island
   • 1972, Stanislav Novotný, “Věčné záhady Velikonočního ostrova”, in Nový orient, volumes 27–28:

     Na počest těchto Ptačích mužů, představitelů boha Makemakeho, byly během čekání v Orongo do skal tesány rytiny […]

     While waiting in Orongo, people chiselled engravings of these Bird Men, representing the god Makemake […]

Makemake m inan (indeclinable)

1. (astronomy) Makemake, a dwarf planet and large Kuiper belt object [since 2008]
   • 2017 October 12, “Jako šišatý Saturn. Vědci našli u trpasličí planety Haumea prstenec”, in Česká televize.cz‎:

     Haumea byla uznána Mezinárodní astronomickou unií v roce 2008 a je jednou z pěti trpasličích planet vedle Pluta, Ceres, Eris a Makemake.

     Haumea was acknowledged by the International Astronomical Union in 2008 and is one of the five dwarf planets together with Pluto, Ceres, Eris and Makemake.

Makemake

1. creator god (also god of fertility) in Rapa Nui mythology