Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology A maiden who was loved by Zeus and transformed by Hera into a heifer.
- noun One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter. It was first sighted by Galileo.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An exclamation of joy or triumph; -- often interjectional.
- proper noun In Greek mythology, the beautiful daughter of Inachus, king of Argos, Greece, who was changed by Hera (Juno), in a fit of jealousy, into a white heifer, and placed under the watch of Argus of the hundred eyes. When Argus was killed by Hermes at the command of Zeus, the heifer was maddened by a terrible gadfly sent by Hera, and wandered about until she arrived in Egypt. There she recovered her original shape, and bore Epaphus to Zeus. Epaphus became the ancestor of Ægyptus, Damaus, Cepheus, and Phineus. She was identified by the Egyptians with Isis. According to another legend, Io was carried off by Phoenician traders who landed in Argos. The myth is generally explained to be Aah or the moon wandering in the starry skies, symbolized by the hundred-eyed Argus; her transformation into a horned heifer representing the crescent moon.
- proper noun One of the large moons of the planet Jupiter, remarkable for its intense volcanic activity, as observed in fly-bys of space probes. It was named after the mythological Io.
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- proper noun mythology The daughter of Inachus.
- proper noun astronomy A
moon ofJupiter , known for its volcanic activity, peppered with about 400 active volcanoes.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Klan protesting marriage rights for gays in Io ...
12/30/2005 2005
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Io is orange, purple, greenish in places, and irreducibly strange.
A Space in Time 2002
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In an ongoing inside-out heave, Io is continually replacing its exterior with its interior.
A Space in Time 2002
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Io is orange, purple, greenish in places, and irreducibly strange.
A Space in Time 2002
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In an ongoing inside-out heave, Io is continually replacing its exterior with its interior.
A Space in Time 2002
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Why they had to pick the name Io for Gemma Aterton's character, I don't know (although Zeus returning her to Earth at the end is the only bit of the Io myth that fits).
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Arterton: Okay, like the whole of it. (laughter) Io is so different to me. (lowers voice) She talks like this and she’s very soft-spoken and she doesn’t raise her voice and she’s very soulful … and she doesn’t laugh very often and I laugh all the time.
Gemma Arterton On Set Interview CLASH OF THE TITANS – Collider.com 2010
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Or we can look at Jupiter's moon, Io, which is the most volcanic body in the solar system.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Cynthia Phillips -- Decipering the Cosmic Puzzle 2010
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To try to change the local mentality, Callipo founded a group called "Io Resto In Calabria" I am staying in Calabria.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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To try to change the local mentality, Callipo founded a group called "Io Resto In Calabria" I am staying in Calabria.
EditorMark commented on the word Io
The shortest two-syllable word in English.
May 9, 2010