Orion
name ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis. Greek
- 2 A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
- 3 A surname.
- 4 A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
"In Madge's judgment, her Uncle Orion had suffered most of his life from the name he'd been given, requiring that people ask him to repeat it and boys his own age make fun of it."
- 5 A female given name.
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- 6 Place names:; A locality in the Central Highlands, Queensland, Australia.
- 7 Place names:; A hamlet in the Municipal District of County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
- 8 Place names:; A commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
- 9 Place names:; A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.
"Meronyms: Arellano, Bagumbayan, Balagtas, Balut, Bantan, Bilolo, Calungusan, Camachile, Daang Bago, Daang Bilolo, Daang Pare, General Lim, Kapunitan, Lati, Lusungan, Puting Buhangin, Sabatan, San Vicente, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo, Villa Angeles, Wakas, Wawa — barangays of Orion"
- 10 Place names:; An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama, United States, also known as Prospect Ridge.
- 11 Place names:; A ghost town in Kings County, California, United States.
- 12 Place names:; A village in Henry County, Illinois, United States.
- 13 Place names:; A town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.
Example
More examples"Thousands of years passed by as explorers zigzagged their way through the Orion Spur of the galaxy."
Etymology
From Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), speculatively from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”), though without any firm evidence.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.