Definition of "Orion"

Orion

/əˈɹaɪ.ən/

proper noun
plural Orions
1. (Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
2. (astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
3. A surname.
4. A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
  Quotations
  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, page 113
5. A female given name.
6. Place names:
  1. A locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
  2. A hamlet in the Municipal District of County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A commune of the Pyrenées-Atlantiques department, France.
  4. A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.
  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.