Echo en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛkoʊ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἠχώ (Ēkhṓ, “sound”).
Meanings
- (Greek) An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Dale County, Alabama.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Metcalfe County, Kentucky.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Antrim County, Michigan.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township and minor city therein, in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Umatilla County, Oregon.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A populated place in Orange County, Texas.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Summit County, Utah, named after Echo Canyon.
Experts say the smallest towns are especially vulnerable. And few places in Utah are as tiny or dry as Echo, a jumble of homes squeezed between a freight railroad and stunning red-rock cliffs. Echo was already struggling to hang on after the two cafes closed down. Then its spring-fed water supply hit critical lows this summer.
2021 July 20, Jack Healy, Sophie Kasakove, “A Drought So Dire That a Utah Town Pulled the Plug on Growth”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2021:
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
- 60 Echo, a main belt asteroid.
Deriveds
Translations (16)
el Ηχώ (mythology) · iu ᐄᑯ (mythology) · ru Э́хо (mythology) · cmn 司音星 (Asteroid) · pl Echo (mythology) · fr Écho (mythology) · ru Эхо́ (mythology) · pt Eco (mythology) · kl Echo (mythology) · it Eco (mythology) · ko 에코 (mythology) · de Echo (mythology) · uk Е́хо (mythology) · da Echo (mythology) · grc Ἠχώ (mythology) · ja エーコー (mythology)
wikipedia: + (disambiguation)#Places · wikipedia: 60 + · wikipedia: Alexandre Cabanel