Penelope

4 definitions found

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

  Penelope \Pe*nel"o*pe\ (p[-e]*n[e^]l"[-o]*p[=e]), prop. n.
     [From. L. Penelope, the wife of Ulysses, the hero of the
     Odyssey, Gr. Phnelo`ph.] (Zool.)
     A genus of curassows, including the guans.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Penelope
       n 1: (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of
            devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus
            fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors
            until Odysseus returned and killed them
       2: a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game
          and food birds) [syn: {genus Penelope}]

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

  Penelope, TX (town, FIPS 56672)
    Location: 31.85839 N, 96.92908 W
    Population (1990): 210 (102 housing units)
    Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 76676

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

  Penelope, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
     Population (2000):    211
     Housing Units (2000): 102
     Land area (2000):     1.021265 sq. miles (2.645064 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.021265 sq. miles (2.645064 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            56672
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             31.859320 N, 96.927403 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     76676
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Penelope, TX
      Penelope