Orion

From Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”).

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹaɪən/, /ɒˈɹaɪən/, /oʊˈɹaɪən/
• 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 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. A place name or the name of a geographical feature.

• (constellation): the Hunter, ensifer

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

• Noori

Orion m

1. (astronomy) Orion

• Jager

• Orionnevel

Orion

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

• noori

Orion

1. Rōmaji transcription of オリオン

From Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈriː.oːn/

Ōrīōn m (genitive Ōrīōnis); third declension

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

Third declension.

• 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)