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  pandora

  noun

  bandore.
• Pandora
  Pandora

  noun

  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.

pandora

¹ American  

[pan-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh] / pænˈdɔr ə, -ˈdoʊr ə /

Also pandore

noun

1. bandore.

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Pandora ² American  

[pan-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh] / pænˈdɔr ə, -ˈdoʊr ə /

noun

1. 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.

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pandora ¹ British  

/ pænˈdɔːrə /

noun

1. a handsome red sea bream, Pagellus erythrinus, of European coastal waters, caught for food in the Mediterranean

2. a marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Pandora that lives on the surface of sandy shores and has thin equal valves

3. music another word for bandore

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Pandora ² British  

/ pænˈdɔːrə, pænˈdɔː, ˈpændɔː /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of Pandora

< Latin < Greek Pandṓra, equivalent to pan- pan- + dôr ( on ) gift + -a feminine noun ending

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Example Sentences

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This recently rediscovered 16th century pop music was and is played by a six-man consort: violin, flute, bass viol and lute with a rhythm section of pandora and cittern.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is a pandora box, out of which ten thousand troubles, trials, difficulties, sins and crimes will come.

From There is No Harm in Dancing by W. E. Penn

At the same hour the monk was sitting in Bellinzona at his writing-table, a so-called pandora, a musical instrument, by his side.

From Modern Magic by Maximilian Schele de Vere

Pandora had already upgraded its full-year targets in August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

The site will be able to produce up to 60 million pieces each year -- increasing the company's capacity by 50 percent, Pandora said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

He once enjoyed regular travel to Europe, including estates in Spain controlled by members of his family, according to documents leaked from financial firms in 2021 known as the Pandora Papers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Cameron seems to have given himself two challenges: make this Manchester stadium feel as hyper-real as Pandora and shoot the crowd like a reprise of “A Hard Day’s Night.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

Another story about Pandora is that the source of all misfortune was not her wicked nature, but only her curiosity.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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