orion
IPA: oʊrˈaɪʌn
Root Word: Orion
noun
- (Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
- (astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
- A surname.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
- A female given name.
- Place names:
- A locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A hamlet in the Municipal District of County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
- A commune of the Pyrenées-Atlantiques department, France.
- A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama, United States, also known as Prospect Ridge.
- A ghost town in Kings County, California, United States.
- A village in Henry County, Illinois, United States.
- A town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.
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Examples of "orion" in Sentences
- Yeah, and it's because of people like you orion that nobody reads anymore.
- When will a LEADER emerge to lead this leaderless herd of elephants? orion
- Shirley's comments were somewhat coherent, unlike the lunatic rantings of "orion".
- I thought the sidemount solution included orion therfore eliminating the need for Ares.
- In the book they launch orion, which is a design for a spacecraft that is propelled by nuclear bombs.
- I mean just the computer on the LM and CM will be % 75 smaller with 100 times the computing power .. theres less wieight right there .. the launch abort system for the new orion space capsules is the same as apollo.
- So maybe a list of the Open/Deferred actions from the Ares PDR would be a start??? well how about ARMD chose the shape of orion after being contacted by ESMD because Constellation does not have this skill mix but it claims it is there accomplishment.
- There had been much concern over the health and mental status of the Teleprompter over the last few months as many - that is to say many in the alternative press - had began to notice that the Teleprompter was directing Official Teleprompter Spokesperson (OTS) Buraq Obama to mispronounce words such as orion (oar-ee-on), corps man (corpse man) and most recently highly offend a delegation of dignitaries from Phuket, Thailand.
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