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Pandora en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpænˈdɔɹə/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)der. Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-) Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥ Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom Proto-Hellenic *dṓron Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā)bor. English Pandora Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā, “all gifts”).

Meanings

  1. (Greek) The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.
  2. A moon of the planet Saturn.
  3. 55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.

Deriveds

Pandora's box

Translations (36)

cmn 潘多拉 (Character in Greek mythology) · ja パンドーラー (Character in Greek mythology) · fr Pandore (Character in Greek mythology) · el Πανδώρα (Character in Greek mythology) · sh Pandóra (Character in Greek mythology) · pt Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · fr Pandore (Asteroid) · he פנדורה (Character in Greek mythology) · kl Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · pl Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · fi Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · de Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · iu ᐸᓐᑑᕋ (Character in Greek mythology) · cmn 禍神星 /祸神星 (Asteroid) · ro Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · lb Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · da Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · la Pandōra (Character in Greek mythology) · es Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · eo Pandoro (Character in Greek mythology) · ko 판도라 (Character in Greek mythology) · eu Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · sq Pandorë (Character in Greek mythology) · nl Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · ru Пандо́ра (Character in Greek mythology) · no Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · ca Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · pl Pandora (Asteroid) · mr पॅन्डोरा (Character in Greek mythology) · sv Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · tr Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · hu Pandóra (Character in Greek mythology) · it Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · cs Pandóra (Character in Greek mythology) · lt Pandora (Character in Greek mythology) · sh Пандо́ра (Character in Greek mythology)