Apollo Definition
ə-pŏlō
apollos
noun
The god of prophecy, music, medicine, and poetry, sometimes identified with the sun.
American Heritage
The god of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine, represented as exemplifying manly youth and beauty: later identified with Helios.
Webster's New World
A young man of great physical beauty.
American Heritage
Any handsome young man.
Webster's New World
A very handsome young man.
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pronoun
A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.
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(with “the”) Apollo Theater, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
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The butterfly Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings).
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Other Word Forms of Apollo
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apollosOrigin of Apollo
Latin Apollō from Greek Apollōn
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apollōn).
From Wiktionary
From the object 1862 Apollo.
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