pandora
- Also pan·dore [pan-dawr, -dohr, pan-dawr, -dohr], /pænˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr, ˈpæn dɔr, -doʊr/, pan·dou·ra [pan-door-uh], /pænˈdʊər ə/, pan·dure [pan-jer, pan-door, -dyoor] /ˈpæn dʒər, pænˈdʊər, -ˈdyʊər/
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Other definitions for Pandora (2 of 2)
Classical Mythology. the first woman, created by Hephaestus, endowed by the gods with all the graces and treacherously presented to Epimetheus along with a box (originally a jar) in which Prometheus had confined all the evils that could trouble humanity. As the gods had anticipated, Pandora gave in to her curiosity and opened the box, allowing the evils to escape, thereby frustrating the efforts of Prometheus. In some versions, the box contained blessings, all of which escaped but hope.
Origin of Pandora
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How to use pandora in a sentence
So the LP was a revelation in its day, as amazing as pandora is to us.
Before the Earthquake Hit: When The Beatles Landed in America | Michael Tomasky | January 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth algorithms pick a good first song, but pandora heads next to Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Why Is Apple Punishing Me, a Loyal Fanboy, With iOS 7? | Winston Ross | September 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe first song from pandora is “187 Proof,” which immediately blows my mind because I have never heard this song.
Why Is Apple Punishing Me, a Loyal Fanboy, With iOS 7? | Winston Ross | September 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDefeated, he tries out the new iTunes Radio against old favorite pandora.
Why Is Apple Punishing Me, a Loyal Fanboy, With iOS 7? | Winston Ross | September 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTpandora, a successful entrepreneur, has long aspired to be “of no interest to anyone.”
‘A Sustained Sense of Violation’: When Bad House Guests Invade Literature | Matt Seidel | July 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
She had besides the latitude and longitude of the places the pandora would touch at.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora | Edward EdwardsLike Edwards, he tells us little of the prisoners after they were consigned to "pandora's Box."
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora | Edward EdwardsWhat had been possible in the Bounty was possible in the pandora.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora | Edward Edwardspandora's raiment, I grieve to state, has slipped down about her waist in a manner exceedingly reprehensible.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod GrileThe gods sent pandora to Prometheus and Epimetheus, the brothers who loved mankind.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song | Florence Holbrook
British Dictionary definitions for pandora (1 of 2)
/ (pænˈdɔːrə) /
a handsome red sea bream, Pagellus erythrinus, of European coastal waters, caught for food in the Mediterranean
a marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Pandora that lives on the surface of sandy shores and has thin equal valves
music another word for bandore
Origin of pandora
1British Dictionary definitions for Pandora (2 of 2)
Pandore (pænˈdɔː, ˈpændɔː)
/ (pænˈdɔːrə) /
Greek myth the first woman, made out of earth as the gods' revenge on man for obtaining fire from Prometheus. Given a box (Pandora's box) that she was forbidden to open, she disobeyed out of curiosity and released from it all the ills that beset man, leaving only hope within
Origin of Pandora
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