Vesta

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Gender Feminine
Usage Roman Mythology
Pronounced Pron. /ˈwes.ta/(Latin) /ˈvɛs.tə/(English)

Meaning & History

Probably a Roman cognate of HESTIA. Vesta was the Roman goddess of the hearth. A continuous fire, tended by the Vestal Virgins, was burned in the Temple of Vesta in Rome.