Pandora

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.
  2. A moon of the planet Saturn.
  3. 55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.
noun
  1. Any fish of the genus Pagellus.

Pronunciation

/ˌpænˈdɔɹə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pandora.wav

Word forms

Pandora pandoras

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā, “all gifts”).

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