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Аполлон — meaning in English

Apollon

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English meaning

  • Apollo name In Greek and Roman mythology, the god of the sun, music, prophecy, and healing.

Senses

Аполлон is used for these senses in English:

  • Apollo (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.
  • Apollo (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.
  • Apollo (NASA, space) A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.
  • Apollo A butterfly of species Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings.
  • Apollo A very handsome young man.

Apollo — full definition

  1. name In Greek and Roman mythology, the god of the sun, music, prophecy, and healing.
  2. noun A strikingly handsome young man, by comparison to the god.

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