artemis
IPA: ˈɑrtɪmɪs
Root Word: Artemis
noun
- (Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)
- (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek. The usual male variation is Artemios.
- (very rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- (astronomy) The main-belt asteroid 105 Artemis, discovered in 1868.
- (NASA, space science) A United States space program, and the associated vehicles, used for human travel to the moon in the 2020s.
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