galatea

noun

1. A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave

   “He wore a blue galatea shirt, corduroy trousers and riding boots.”

name

1. (Greek)Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.
2. (Greek)Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.
3. (Greek)Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
4. A moon of Neptune.
5. 74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.
6. A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.