'PANDORA' definitions:

Definition of 'Pandora'

(from WordNet)
noun
(Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils

Definition of 'Pandora'

From: GCIDE
  • Pandora \Pan*do"ra\, prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. Pandw`ra; pa^s, pa^n, all + dw^ron a gift.]
  • 1. (Class. Myth.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'pandora'

From: GCIDE
  • pandore \pan"dore\ (p[a^]n"d[=o]r or p[a^]n*d[=o]r"), n. [F. See Bandore.] An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore. [Written also pandora, pandoura. pandure, and pandoran.] [1913 Webster]

Pandora, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Pandora, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000) :
1188
Housing Units (2000) :
458
Land area (2000) :
0.812558 sq. miles (2.104516 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.812558 sq. miles (2.104516 sq. km)
FIPS code :
59738
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
40.946883 N, 83.959905 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
45877
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Acronyms for 'pandora'

From: V.E.R.A.
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