Io en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈaɪoʊ/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈaɪəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Io, from Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ).
Meanings
- (Greek) The daughter of Inachus river god, and a lover of Zeus, turned by the latter into a heifer.
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A moon of Jupiter, known for its volcanic activity, peppered with about 400 active volcanoes.
A mottled blanket of debris from many active volcanoes gives Io the youngest surface in the solar system.
1990 August, Bradford A. Smith, “Voyage of the Century”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 50:Another whisper, sir, near Io. We have probes en route.
2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by Cortana (Jen Taylor), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: Cairo Station:
- 85 Io, a main belt asteroid; the asteroid shares its name with the Jovian moon
Deriveds
Translations (50)
nn Io (mythology) · gl Ío (mythology) · ca Io (mythology) · el Ιώ (moon of Jupiter) · cmn 木衛一 /木卫一 (moon of Jupiter) · cs Íó (mythology) · grc Ἰώ (mythology) · sl Ió (mythology) · nl Io (moon of Jupiter) · uk Іо́ (mythology) · el Ιώ (mythology) · ko 이오 (mythology) · eo Io (mythology) · ru Ио́ (moon of Jupiter) · fi Io (moon of Jupiter) · ru Ио́ (mythology) · pl Io (mythology) · es Ío (moon of Jupiter) · ja イーオー (mythology) · fi Io (mythology) · mk Ија (mythology) · nb Io (mythology) · cmn 埃歐 /埃欧 (moon of Jupiter) · nl Io (mythology) · pt Io (moon of Jupiter) · da Io (moon of Jupiter) · ko 이오 (moon of Jupiter) · pl Io (moon of Jupiter) · fr Io (moon of Jupiter) · sh Ȉja (mythology) · ja イオ (moon of Jupiter) · is Íó (moon of Jupiter) · pt Io (mythology) · cmn 伊俄 (mythology) · ro Io (mythology) · it Io (moon of Jupiter) · de Io (mythology) · it Io (mythology) · sh И̏о (mythology) · de Io (moon of Jupiter) · es Ío (mythology) · ar آيُّو (moon of Jupiter) · fr Io (mythology) · is Jó (moon of Jupiter) · ka იო (mythology) · la Īō (mythology) · sh И̏ја (mythology) · sk Ió (mythology) · da Io (mythology) · sh Ȉo (mythology)