apollo
see also: Apollo
Pronunciation Noun
Apollo
Pronunciation Proper noun
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see also: Apollo
Pronunciation Noun
apollo (plural apollos)
- A very handsome young man.
- (entomology) Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo).
- Russian: аполло́н
Apollo
Pronunciation Proper noun
- (Greek god, Roman 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 1862 Apollo, an Apollo asteroid.
- (NASA, space) 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 Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings.
- A very handsome young man.
- A male given name.
- A placename.
- (astronomy) Hermes
- variants: Apollon, Apolo, Apollos
- French: Apollon
- German: Apoll, Apollo, Apollon
- Italian: Apollo
- Portuguese: Apolo
- Russian: Аполло́н
- Spanish: Apolo
- French: Apollo
- Portuguese: Apollo
- Russian: Аполло́н
- French: Apollo
apollo (plural apollos)
- (astronomy) 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.
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