The Hawaiian Word of the Day is "Haumea". One of the most famous female gods in Hawaiian Mythology, Haumea is said to be the goddess of fertility and childbirth.

Haumea, the fifth body in the solar system to be classified as a dwarf planet, ... The object was renamed after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility.

In Hawaiian mythology, Haumea is the goddess of fertility and childbirth. The name was proposed by the astronomers at Caltech to honor the place where Haumea's moon was discovered: the Keck ...

Haumea is the name of the goddess of childbirth and fertility in Hawaiian mythology. ... Hawaiian mythology says that the goddess Haumea's children sprang from different parts of her body.

Haumea, which takes 284 years to orbit the sun, is named for the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility, NASA said. It also has two moons, Hi'iaka and Namaka. ...

Haumea, named after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth, has two known moons, Hi'iaka and Namaka. The moons share their names with two of the goddess' daughters, who are deities in their own right.

After years of dispute, the last unnamed dwarf planet in the solar system has finally gotten a name. It will be called Haumea, after the goddess of childbirth and fertility in Hawaiian mythology.

The object previously known as 2003 EL61 is now named Haumea, after the goddess of childbirth and fertility in Hawaiian mythology.

Haumea is the fifth dwarf planet in the solar system along with Pluto, Ceres, ... Haumea is the goddess of fertility and birth, and Hi'iaka and Namaka are two of her daughters.

Haumea honors island goddess THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A newly discovered dwarf planet in the solar system has been given a Hawaiian name: Haumea, after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility.