Apollo
pronunciation
How to pronounce Apollo in British English:
UK [ə'pɒləʊ]
How to pronounce Apollo in American English:
US [ə'pɑloʊ]
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- Noun:
- Greek god of light; god of prophesy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis
Word Origin
- Apollo
- Olympian deity, god of music, poetry, medicine, etc., later identified with Helios, the sun god; the name is a Latin form of Greek Apollon, said to be perhaps related to an obsolete Greek verb meaning "to drive away" (evil, etc.) [Klein, citing Usener].
Example
- 1. It could be another manhattan project or apollo program .
- 2. The apollo project was a political project .
- 3. There were small articles when apollo 11 was launched .
- 4. The photos reveal images of the apollo moon landing sites .
- 5. The apollo moon missions ended almost 40 years ago .