Orion
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪən
Origin
From Middle English Orioun, from Latin ÅŒrÄ«Ån, from Ancient Greek ὨÏίων, from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒ð’€ð’ˆ¾ (Uru-anna, "heaven's light").
Full definition of Orion
Proper noun
Orion
(plural Orions)- (Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
- (constellation) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
- of modern usage.
- 1980 Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, ISBN 0060130474, 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.
- A ghost hamlet in Alberta, Canada
- A ghost town in California
- A commune in France
- A village in Illinois
- A municipality in Bataan, the Philippines
- A town in Wisconsin