apollo
/əˈpɑloʊ/
Frequency: 3.82 in modern English
Meaning
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Apollo (“a very handsome young man”)
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Apollo (“any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo)”)
name
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.
name
The planet Mercury, when observed as a Morning Star.
name
A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.
name
Apollo Theatre, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
name
A male given name.
Example Sentences
- "‘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."
- "Apollo 11 landed people on the moon for the first time."
- "After that, children in school said you could get Apollo, a form of conjunctivitis, by staring at an eclipse too long."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Apollō, Ἀπόλλων
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈpɑloʊ/
- British English: /əˈpɒləʊ/