Orion

From Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), speculatively from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”), though without any firm evidence.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɹaɪ.ən/, /ɒˈɹaɪ.ən/, /əʊˈɹaɪ.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɹaɪ.ən/, /oʊˈɹaɪ.ən/

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• Rhymes: -aɪən

Orion (plural Orions)

1. (Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
2. (astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
3. A surname.
4. A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
   • 1980, Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, page 113:

     In Madge's judgment, her Uncle Orion had suffered most of his life from the name he'd been given, requiring that people ask him to repeat it and boys his own age make fun of it.

5. A female given name.
6. Place names:
   1. A locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
   2. A hamlet in the Municipal District of County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
   3. A commune of the Pyrenées-Atlantiques department, France.
   4. A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.
   5. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama, United States, also known as Prospect Ridge.
   6. A ghost town in Kings County, California, United States.
   7. A village in Henry County, Illinois, United States.
   8. A town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.

• (constellation): the Hunter, ensifer

• Orion's Belt
• Orion Nebula
• Orion (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Orion (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Noori

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Orion m

1. (astronomy) Orion

• Jager

• Orionnevel

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn)

• IPA^(key): /ˈorion/, [ˈo̞rio̞n]
• Rhymes: -orion
• Syllabification^(key): O‧ri‧on

Orion

1. (Greek mythology) Orion.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Orion.

• noori

Orion

1. Rōmaji transcription of オリオン

From Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈriː.oːn/, [oːˈriːoːn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈri.on/, [oˈriːon]

Ōrīōn m sg (genitive Ōrīōnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Orion.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Orion.

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• → Middle English: Orioun (learned)
  • English: Orioun
• → Portuguese: Orion (learned)

• “Orion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Orion”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Orion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

• Órion
• Orionte

Orion m

1. (Greek mythology) Orion (a giant-hunter)
2. (astronomy) Orion (a constellation)