orion

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orion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Orion \O*ri"on\ ([-o]*r[imac]"[o^]n), n. [L., fr. Gr. 'Wri`wn,
     orig., a celebrated hunter in the oldest Greek mythology,
     after whom this constellation was named.] (Astron.)
     A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the
     stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula
     visible to the naked eye.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The flaming glories of Orion's belt.     --E. Everett.
     [1913 Webster]

orion - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Orion
      n 1: (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the
           Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then
           placed in the sky as a constellation
      2: a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus;
         contains Betelgeuse and Rigel [syn: Orion, Hunter]

orion - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Orion
  Heb. Kesil; i.e., "the fool", the name of a constellation (Job
  9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8) consisting of about eighty stars. The
  Vulgate renders thus, but the LXX. renders by Hesperus, i.e.,
  "the evening-star," Venus. The Orientals "appear to have
  conceived of this constellation under the figure of an impious
  giant bound upon the sky." This giant was, according to
  tradition, Nimrod, the type of the folly that contends against
  God. In Isa. 13:10 the plural form of the Hebrew word is
  rendered "constellations."

orion - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Orion, IL (village, FIPS 56601)
    Location: 41.35119 N, 90.37408 W
    Population (1990): 1821 (718 housing units)
    Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 61273
  Orion, MI
    Zip code(s): 48359, 48360, 48362