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Adonis

//əˈdɑn.ɪs// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite. Greek

    "The Phœnician Adonis was identical with Tammūz."

  2. 2
    A male given name from Ancient Greek. rare
  3. 3
    A surname.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, United States.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A beautiful man.
  2. 2
    (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone wordnet
  3. 3
    any handsome young man wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

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