Apollo

(Engels)

Name

1. (Greek, Roman) 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.
2. The planet Mercury, when observed as a Morning Star.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Short for 1862 Apollo, an Apollo asteroid.
4. A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.
5. (with-definite-article) Apollo Theater, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
6. A butterfly of species Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings.
7. A very handsome young man.
8. A male given name.
9. A placename.
10. (Africa, West) Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis.

Noun

An asteroid possessing an orbit that crosses the orbit of the Earth and an orbital period of over one year, with semimajor axes greater than 1 AU, and perihelion distances less than 1.017 AU.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈpɒləʊ/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

Sinonieme

Phoebus

Phoebus Apollo

apollo

Satan

Olympian

mountain Apollo

Vertalings

Apollo

Apolo

Apollon

Απόλλων

Apolo

Apollo

Apol·lo

Apollon

Apollo

apollon

Apollo

Apollo

أبولو

apollo

apol·lo

Sinne

In the middle is Apollo the god of art , music and poetry .