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Date "ARION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Arion A Greek musician, cast into the sea by mariners, but carried to Tænaros on the back of a dolphin. Arion. The wonderful horse which Hercules gave to Adrastos. It sprang from Ceres and Neptune, had the power of speech, and its feet on the right side were the feet of a man. (See Horse.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Playing his chitara, Arion song a praise to Apollo, the god of poetry, and his song attracted a number of dolphins around the ship. At the end of the song Arion threw himself in the sea rather than be killed, but one of the dolphins saved his life and carried him to safety at Cape Taenarum. Arion then continued to Corinth by other means and arrived before the sailors that tried to kill him. On his return to Corinth, the king didn't quite believe Arion's fantastic story. The sailors believed Arion was dead in the sea, and on arrival in Corinth they told the king that Arion had decided to remain in Italy. The king then understood that Arion's story was true and punished the sailors with death. Herodotus I, 23-24
Other variations of the story exist.
Also in Greek mythology, Arion was a immortal, extremely swift horse, offspring of Demeter and Poseidon. Adrastus rode Arion..
Arion is also the title of an anime movie. In this movie, Arion is kidnapped by Hades as a child, and is raised to believe that his mother's blindness Demeter was a curse from Zeus, and that only Zeus' death could lift the curse.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Arion."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ARION | English | Programme of study visits for education specialists | Education |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: ARION |
| Specialty definitions using "ARION": GREAT ♦ Hercules' Horse, Hunters and Runners ♦ Lesbian Poets. (references) |
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 | Farm scene near Arion, Boyer Valley, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Arion Musical Club, Milwaukee, Wis., Pabst Theatre, Nov. 23, 1906. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | GREAT, adj. "I'm great," the Lion said -- "I reign The monarch of the wood and plain!" The Elephant replied: "I'm great -- No quadruped can match my weight!" "I'm great -- no animal has half So long a neck!" said the Giraffe. "I'm great," the Kangaroo said -- "see My femoral muscularity!" The 'Possum said: "I'm great -- behold, My tail is lithe and bald and cold!" An Oyster fried was understood To say: "I'm great because I'm good!" Each reckons greatness to consist In that in which he heads the list, And Vierick thinks he tops his class Because he is the greatest ass. Arion Spurl Doke |
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| "ARION" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "ARION" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 75% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Arion, IA (city, FIPS 2755) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
arion | 65 |
arion salazar | 20 |
arion iowa | 11 |
arion facility | 7 |
arion pedals | 6 |
arion soundtrack | 4 |
anime arion | 4 |
arion facilities.com | 4 |
arion spiros | 4 |
arion hotel | 3 |
arion award | 3 |
arion international | 2 |
arion nation | 2 |
arion de lesbos | 2 |
arion press | 2 |
arion effects | 2 |
2000se af arion | 2 |
arion ater | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ARION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Studieophold for uddannelseseksperter (Programme of study visits for education specialists). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Programma voor studiebezoeken van onderwijsspecialisten (Programme of study visits for education specialists). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | Programme de visites d'étude pour spécialistes en matière d'éducation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Programm:Studienaufenthalte für Bildungsfachleute (Programme of study visits for education specialists). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αριώνασ, ρόγραμμα επισκέψεων μελέτης για ειδικούς στον τομέα της εκπαίδευσης (Programme of study visits for education specialists). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | Programma di visite di studio per specialisti in materia di educazione (Programme of study visits for education specialists). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arionay Programa de Visitas de Estudo para Especialistas em matéria de Educação (Programme of study visits for education specialists). (various references) Programa de Visitas de Estudio para Especialistas en Temas Educativos (Programme of study visits for education specialists). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ARION": clarion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ARION": clarioned, clarioning, clarions, marionette, marionettes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: noria. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: airn, inro, iron, naoi, noir, nori, rain, rani, roan. | |
-2 letters: ain, air, ani, ion, nor, oar, ora, ran, ria, rin. | |
-3 letters: ai, an, ar, in, na, no, on, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: aroint, arsino, inroad, norias, oaring, onagri, ordain, origan, ration. | |
+2 letters: acronic, adoring, aileron, alienor, amorini, amorino, andiron, android, aneroid, aroints, atropin, carotin, carrion, clarion, corbina, corvina, diatron, erasion, inboard, inroads, insofar, janitor, minorca, moraine, ocarina, orating, oration, ordains, ordinal, organic, origans, ovarian, padroni, pignora, poniard, rabboni, rainbow, rainout, rampion, rations, roaming, roaring, romaine, sadiron, signora, soaring, soprani, taborin, warison, zingaro. | |
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