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apollo

Syllables: Apol·loUK/əˈpɒləʊ//əˈpɑloʊ/

apollo is the alternative letter-case form of Apollo.

Proper noun capitalized: Apollo

Apollo

  1. (Greek, Roman) 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.
    • ‘Blue are the hills that are far away,’ is an owercome in the countryside, and while at first on his side it may have been but a young man’s fancy, to her he was like the god Apollo descending from the skies.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
  2. The planet Mercury, when observed as a Morning Star.
  3. (abbreviation) Short for 1862 Apollo, an Apollo asteroid.
  4. A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.
    • Apollo 11 landed people on the moon for the first time.
  5. (with-definite-article) Apollo Theatre, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
  6. A male given name.
  7. A placename.

Noun (1) capitalized: Apollo

Apollo (countable and uncountable, plural Apollos)

  1. (countable) Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo).
  2. (countable) A very handsome young man.
  3. (Africa, West, uncountable) Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis.
    • After that, children in school said you could get Apollo, a form of conjunctivitis, by staring at an eclipse too long.2005, Sefi Atta, Everything Good Will Come, Arris Books, page 11
    • Her eyes hurt and when her mother looked at her in the morning and worried that she had Apollo because her eyes were so red she did not tell her otherwise.2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), page 133

Noun (2) capitalized: Apollo

Apollo (plural Apollos)

  1. 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.

Antonyms of apollo

Forms of apollo

pluralapollos
pluralApollos

Origin of apollo

From Apollo.

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

From the object 1862 Apollo.

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Phrases with apollo

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Questions about apollo

What does apollo mean?
Apollo means 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.
What is apollo the alternative letter-case form of?
Apollo is the alternative letter-case form of Apollo.
What part of speech is apollo?
Apollo can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce apollo?
Apollo is pronounced /əˈpɒləʊ/ (UK).

Words near apollo in the dictionary

  1. apollinaris
  2. Apollinaris water
  3. Apollinarism
  4. Apolline
  5. Apollinian
  6. apollo
  7. Apollo Bay
  8. Apollo Beach
  9. Apollo's belt
  10. Apollo's belts
  11. Apollon

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