Apollo

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apollo \A*pol"lo\, n. [L. Apollo, -linis, Gr. ?.] (Classic
     Myth.)
     A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light
     and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine,
     poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of
     manly grace and beauty; -- called also {Ph['e]bus}.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {The Apollo Belvedere}, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the
        Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed
        of the noblest representations of the human frame.
        [1913 Webster] Apollonian

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Apollo
       n : Greek god of light; god of prophesy and poetry and music and
           healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis
           [syn: {Phoebus}, {Phoebus Apollo}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  168 Moby Thesaurus words for "Apollo":
     ATDA, ATS, Adonis, Agdistis, Alouette, Amen-Ra, Amor, Anna,
     Aphrodite, Apollo Belvedere, Apollo Musagetes, Apollon, Ares,
     Ariel, Artemis, Astarte, Ate, Athena, Atlas-Score, Bacchus, Balder,
     Biosatellite, Bragi, Calliope, Castilian Spring, Ceres, Cleopatra,
     Comsat, Cora, Cosmos, Courier, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter,
     Despoina, Diana, Diapason, Dionysus, Dis, Discoverer, ERS,
     Early Bird, Echo, Elektron, Erato, Eros, Euterpe, Explorer, Freya,
     GATV, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Gemini, Great Mother, Hades, Hebe, Helicon,
     Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hippocrene, Hymen,
     Hyperion, Injun, Intelsat, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius,
     Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius,
     Jupiter Tonans, Kore, Kronos, Lofti, Luna, Lunar Orbiter, Lunik,
     Magna Mater, Mariner, Mars, Mars probes, Mercury, Midas, Minerva,
     Mithras, Momus, Muse, Narcissus, Neptune, Nike, Nimbus, OAO, OGO,
     OSO, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Orpheus, Pageos,
     Parnassus, Pegasus, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus,
     Phoebus Apollo, Pierian Spring, Pierides, Pioneer, Pluto,
     Polyhymnia, Polymnia, Poseidon, Proserpina, Proserpine, Proton, Ra,
     Ranger, Relay, Rhea, Samos, San Marco, Saturn, Savitar, Secor,
     Shamash, Sol, Sputnik, Surveyor, Surya, Syncom, Tellus, Telstar,
     Terpsichore, Titan, Transit, Vanguard, Venus, Venus de Milo, Vesta,
     Viking, Voskhod, Vulcan, WRESAT, Zeus, Zond, afflatus,
     artificial satellites, creative imagination, fire of genius, houri,
     inspiration, peri, poesy, poetic genius, sacred Nine, spacecraft,
     the Graces, the Muses, the Nine, tuneful Nine
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Apollo, PA (borough, FIPS 2720)
    Location: 40.58456 N, 79.56462 W
    Population (1990): 1895 (863 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 15613

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Apollo, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
     Population (2000):    1765
     Housing Units (2000): 856
     Land area (2000):     0.316472 sq. miles (0.819658 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.034420 sq. miles (0.089148 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.350892 sq. miles (0.908806 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            02720
     Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
     Location:             40.584103 N, 79.564363 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     15613
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Apollo, PA
      Apollo