Pandora
//ˌpænˈdɔɹə// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any fish of the genus Pagellus.
Proper Noun
- 1 The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world. Greek
- 2 A moon of the planet Saturn.
- 3 55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.
Example
More examples"Frank Herbert's novel The Jesus Incident has fascinated me for a long time. A spacecraft is so intelligent that it is like a god to its human crew. They arrive at the hostile water planet Pandora, so that they could colonize the scarce islands on it."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā, “all gifts”).
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