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Orion

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈraɪən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə rī′ən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
O•ri•on  (ə rī′ən),USA pronunciation n., [gen.] Or•i•o•nis (ôr′ē ō′nis, or′-, ə rī′ə nis)USA pronunciation for 2.
  1. Mythology[Class. Myth.]a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
  2. Astronomythe Hunter, a constellation lying on the celestial equator between Canis Major and Taurus, containing the bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
  3. Militarya land-based U.S. Navy patrol plane with four turboprop engines, used to detect, track, and destroy enemy submarines and armed with missiles, torpedoes, mines, and depth bombs.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Orion /əˈraɪən/ n
  1. a Boeotian giant famed as a great hunter, who figures in several tales
Orion /əˈraɪən/ n ( Latin genitive Orionis /ˌɔːrɪˈəʊnɪs/)
  1. a conspicuous constellation near Canis Major containing two first magnitude stars (Betelgeuse and Rigel) and a distant bright emission nebula (the Orion Nebula) associated with a system of giant molecular clouds and star formation
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