Associations to the word «Apollo»

APOLLO, noun. A very handsome young man.

APOLLO, noun. A butterfly, also known as mountain apollo (Parnassius apollo).

APOLLO, proper noun. (Greek god) (Roman god): The son of Zeus and Leto, (or Jupiter and Latona), and the twin brother of Artemis, (or Diana). He was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more.

APOLLO, proper noun. (astronomy) The planet Mercury, when observed as a Morning Star.

APOLLO, proper noun. (astronomy) Short for 1862 Apollo, an Apollo asteroid.

APOLLO, proper noun. A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.

APOLLO, proper noun. (with “the”) Apollo Theater, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.

APOLLO, proper noun. The butterfly Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings).

APOLLO, proper noun. A very handsome young man.

APOLLO, proper noun. A male given name.

APOLLO, proper noun. A placename.

APOLLO, noun. (astronomy) An asteroid possessing an orbit that crosses the orbit of the Earth and an orbital period of over one year, with semimajor axes greater than 1 AU, and perihelion distances less than 1.017 AU.

APOLLO, noun. (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis.