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View Name: Orion


ORION
GENDER: Masculine
OTHER SCRIPTS: Ωριων (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: o-RIE-ən (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Meaning unknown, but possibly related to Greek ‘οριον (horion) "boundary, limit". This is the name of a constellation, which gets its name from a legendary Greek hunter killed by a scorpion sent by Gaia.
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