Apollo
English
/əˈpɒləʊ/, /əˈpɑloʊ/
proper noun
Definitions
- (Greek god): The son of Zeus and Leto, (or Jupiter and Latona), and the twin brother of Artemis, (or Diana). He was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more.
- (astronomy) The planet Mercury, when observed as a Morning Star.
- (astronomy) Short for , an .
- (NASA) A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.
- (with "the") Apollo Theater, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
- The butterfly , a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings.
- A very handsome young man.
- A male given name.
- A placename.
Etymology
Derived from Latin Apollo derived from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (the god Apollo).
Origin
Ancient Greek
Ἀπόλλων
Gloss
the god Apollo
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Apollonian English
- Apollon Finnish
- Apollo Latin
- Apollō Latin
- Apollón Hungarian
- Apollo Italian
- apollo Italian
- Apolo Spanish, Castilian
- Ἀπολλόδωρος Ancient Greek
- Ἀπόλλων Ancient Greek
- Apolo Portuguese
- アポロー Japanese
- Appolyn Middle English
- Apollon Danish
- Apol·lo Catalan, Valencian
- 아폴론 Korean
- Apolonas Lithuanian
- ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱⲛ Coptic
- Aipôlon Bourguignon