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Scorpio

UK/ˈskɔːpɪəʊ//ˈskɔːɹpɪoʊ/

Scorpio proper noun: scorpius.

Proper noun

Scorpio

  1. Scorpius.
    • The Scholiast on Virgil says that anciently there were but eleven signs, the claws of Scorpio, called Chelæ, taking the place of Libra.1862, [Frances Rolleston], Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations, London: Rivingtons, page 84
    • Earlier, he watched Orion’s killer Scorpio prowling around in the western sky.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), pages 485-486
    Synonyms:
    Scorpion
  2. The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).

Noun

Scorpio (plural Scorpios)

  1. Someone with a Scorpio star sign
    Antonyms:
    Taurus

Scorpio meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

Scorpio in Hindi

astrological sign
वृश्चिक vŕścik
Someone with a Scorpio star sign
वृश्चिक vŕścik

Scorpio in Tamil

விருச்சிகம்

Scorpio in Marathi

a Scorpio
वृश्चिक vruścik

Scorpio in Bengali

Scorpio
বৃশ্চিক briścik
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Scorpio in Telugu
వృశ్చికరాశి vr̥ścikarāśi, వృశ్చికము vr̥ścikamu, వృశ్చికం vr̥ścikaṁ
Scorpio in Malayalam
വൃശ്ചികം vr̥ścikaṁ
Scorpio in Kannada
ಚೇಳಿನ ಗುರುತು, ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕ ರಾಶಿ
Scorpio in Odia
ବିଛା bichhā
Scorpio in Sanskrit
वृश्चिक vṛścika
Scorpio in Nepali
वृश्चिक vr̥ścik
Scorpio in Tagalog
Alakdan
Scorpio in Arabic
بُرْج اَلْعَقْرَب burj al-ʕaqrab, اَلْعَقْرَب al-ʕaqrab
Scorpio in Malay
Kala, Akrab, Skorpio
Scorpio in Persian
کژدم každom
Scorpio in Thai
พิจิก pí-jìk
Scorpio in Vietnamese
Thiên Yết, Thiên Hạt, Thiên Hiết, Bọ Cạp
Scorpio in Myanmar
ဗြိစ္ဆာ brichca

Synonyms of Scorpio

Antonyms

Forms of Scorpio

Proper noun
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Noun
pluralScorpios

Origin of Scorpio

From Latin scorpiō (“scorpion”), from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos), calque of Akkadian 𒀯𒄈𒋰 (zuqaqīpu, “scorpion; constellation name”), calque of Sumerian 𒀯𒄈𒋰 (ᴹᵁᴸGIR₂.TAB). Doublet of scorpion.

Words formed from Scorpio

Questions about Scorpio

What does Scorpio mean?
Scorpio means scorpius.
What is Scorpio in Hindi?
Scorpio in Hindi is वृश्चिक (vŕścik). See Scorpio meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Scorpio?
Scorpio can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Scorpio?
Scorpio is pronounced /ˈskɔːpɪəʊ/ (UK).

Words near Scorpio in the dictionary

  1. scorpier
  2. scorpiest
  3. Scorpiid
  4. Scorpiids
  5. scorpine
  6. Scorpio
  7. scorpioid
  8. scorpioidal
  9. scorpioidly
  10. scorpioids
  11. scorpiologist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Scorpio (page history and authors); scorpio (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वृश्चिक (Marathi) (page history and authors); বৃশ্চিক (Bengali) (page history and authors); വൃശ്ചികം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); Scorpio (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वृश्चिक (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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