Io
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer
- the closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes
Word Origin
- Io
- in Greek mythology, daughter of the river god Inachus, she was pursued by Zeus and consequently changed into a heifer. The Jovian moon was discovered in 1610 and named for her by Galileo.
Example
- 1. Finally zeus decided to help io directly .
- 2. Io was missed by her family .
- 3. He became angry and took io , the young cow , away to the pasture .
- 4. This suggests that io mortgages aren 't primarily about affordability .
- 5. Zeus had changed io into a young cow when he saw hera push away the cloud .