Artemis
UK /ˈɑː.tə.mɪs/ · US /ˈɑɹ.tə.mɪs/ proper noun
- proper noun (Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo.
- proper noun (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Artemios.
- proper noun (very rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- proper noun (astronomy) The main-belt asteroid 105 Artemis, discovered in 1868.
- proper noun (NASA, space science) A United States space program, and the associated vehicles, used for human travel to the Moon in the 2020s. (See Artemis program on Wikipedia.)
Synonyms
Agrotora Aphaea Cynthia Diana Kourotrophos Locheia Phoebe Potnia Theron
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́ρτεμις (Ắrtemis). Further etymology is uncertain.
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