Pandora

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.
  • A moon of the planet Saturn.
  • 55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ ("all gifts").

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