Definition of "Galatea"

(Greek mythology) Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.

(Greek mythology) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.

(Greek mythology) Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.

(astronomy) A moon of Neptune.  examples

(astronomy) 74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.  examples

A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.  examples