Hyperion
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
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Astronomy. a natural satellite of the planet Saturn.
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Etymology
Origin of Hyperion
< Latin < Greek Hyperī́ōn, equivalent to hyper- hyper- + iṓn going; see ion
Example Sentences
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Meta has struck deals paying utilities to bring new natural gas power plants online, including 10 to power its Hyperion data center in Louisiana alone.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The company’s largest data center, called Hyperion, is in Richland Parish, La. It will be “so large that it would cover a significant part of Manhattan,” the company has said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
The week before Los Angeles’ mayoral primary, a Spencer Pratt campaign van turned up on Hyperion Avenue, the road that separates the Los Feliz and Silver Lake neighborhoods on the city’s Eastside.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
“Three in a year seems low for what we want to do,” added Mike Bridenstine, general manager of the Lyric Hyperion and producer with the company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
“I always said he was a thief. And my mother! To forsake my father, who was like Hyperion, the sun god, and bind herself to this demon! Where is her judgment, where is her reason?”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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