Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Greek Mythology The god of woods, fields, and flocks, having a human torso and head with a goat's legs, horns, and ears.
- n. The satellite of Saturn that is closest to the planet.
Wiktionary
- n. A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Homininae — the chimpanzees.
- n. Greek mythology Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes.
- n. astronomy A moon of the planet Saturn.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Gr. Myth.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe (also called the pipes of Pan), which he is said to have invented.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek Πάν (Pan). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Latin Pān, from Greek. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Then, from all the earth there arose a sound of great lamentation, and the sea and the trees, the hills, and all the creatures of Pan sighed in sobbing unison an echo of the pilot's words -- "_Pan is dead -- Pan is dead. _”
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“So in the same way, you understand the term Pan-African as it relates to music, but how about Pan-African food?”
“The term Pan, means one dollar, Bum Pan means a half dollar.”
“The other dog bone pan is actually a 6-cup Dog Bone Muffin Pan, which is also nonstick and bakes little cakes or muffins in the shape of bones.”
“For those who have not been following me, I have published a signficant amount of research on what I call the Pan-European Sovereign Debt Crisis.”
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“The meeting of the Aetolian League which they call the Pan-Aetolium was to be held on a certain day.”
“For after all what we call Pan's pipes are simply pieces of bamboo or cane of different lengths tied together and made to sound by blowing across the open tops.”
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“(the term Pan-chen means "great scholar" in Tibetan).”
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“The Autumn Leaf Bundt Pan is a new pan out for fall with a distinctly fall and holiday feel to it.”
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gods (1 syllable)
A list of mythological gods that people have worshipped throughout history (includes primordial dieties).
They can be animate or inanimate (male or female). 1 syllable words
Pl...Zeus, Nyx, Sun, Set, Mars, Pax, Nox, Bat, Pan, Sol, Ops, Dis and 6 more...
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Related to "Hermes"
Words related to my name, either by association or etymology.
Hermes, hermeneutic, mercury, messenger, herald, quicksilver, deity, god, Olympus, mythology, psychopomp, Hades and 39 more...
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Rock 'n' Roll, a play by Tom Stoppard
Syd Barrett, Golden Hair, Pan, Prague, Velvet Revolution, biscuits, stale, lovely, Beach Boys, The Velvet Underg..., Nico, The Rolling Stones and 37 more...
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Poetic words
visceral, duende, ephemeral, esoteric, Pan, labyrinth, antipode
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