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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation;

2. a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel;
[syn: Orion, Hunter]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Orion \O*ri"on\ ([-o]*r[imac]"[o^]n), n. [L., fr. Gr. 'Wri`wn, orig., a celebrated hunter in the oldest Greek mythology, after whom this constellation was named.] (Astron.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye. [1913 Webster] The flaming glories of Orion's belt. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Orion n 1: (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation 2: a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel [syn: Orion, Hunter]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Orion Heb. Kesil; i.e., "the fool", the name of a constellation (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8) consisting of about eighty stars. The Vulgate renders thus, but the LXX. renders by Hesperus, i.e., "the evening-star," Venus. The Orientals "appear to have conceived of this constellation under the figure of an impious giant bound upon the sky." This giant was, according to tradition, Nimrod, the type of the folly that contends against God. In Isa. 13:10 the plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered "constellations."
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Orion, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 1713 Housing Units (2000): 715 Land area (2000): 0.861204 sq. miles (2.230509 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.861204 sq. miles (2.230509 sq. km) FIPS code: 56601 Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 41.353260 N, 90.377229 W ZIP Codes (1990): 61273 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Orion, IL Orion