Orion

plural Orions

1. Greekhuman sciencesA giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
2. astronomyA constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.

   Orion is the most brilliant of all the constellations, and when he comes to the meridian he is accompanied by several adjacent constellations of great splendour.

   1893, E. W. Bullinger, Witness of the Stars, London: The author, page 125

   Synonyms: the Hunter, ensifer

3. A surname.
4. A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.

   In Madge's judgment, her Uncle Orion had suffered most of his life from the name he'd been given, requiring that people ask him to repeat it and boys his own age make fun of it.

   1980, Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, page 113

5. A female given name.
6. Place names:
   1. A locality in the Central Highlands, Queensland, Australia.
   2. A hamlet in the Municipal District of County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
   3. A commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
   4. A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.

      Meronyms: Arellano, Bagumbayan, Balagtas, Balut, Bantan, Bilolo, Calungusan, Camachile, Daang Bago, Daang Bilolo, Daang Pare, General Lim, Kapunitan, Lati, Lusungan, Puting Buhangin, Sabatan, San Vicente, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo, Villa Angeles, Wakas, Wawa — barangays of Orion

   5. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama, United States, also known as Prospect Ridge.
   6. A ghost town in Kings County, California, United States.
   7. A village in Henry County, Illinois, United States.
   8. A town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.