Pandora
Meanings
name
- 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.
- A moon of the planet Saturn.
- 55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.
noun
- Any fish of the genus Pagellus.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā, “all gifts”).
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