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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HYPERION

Hy *pe "ri *on, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Class Myth. )

 

Defn: The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty. So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Hyperion

Hy pe ri on |hīˈpi (ə )rēən haɪˈpiriən |Astronomy a satellite of Saturn, the sixteenth closest to the planet, discovered in 1848. It has an irregular shape, with a diameter of 159 miles (255 km ). ORIGIN named after a Titan of Greek mythology.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Hyperion

Hyperion |hʌɪˈpɪərɪən |Astronomy a satellite of Saturn, the sixteenth closest to the planet, discovered in 1848 and having an irregular shape. ORIGIN named after a Titan of Greek mythology.

 

Duden Dictionary

Hyperion

Hy pe ri on Eigenname |Hyp e rion auch hypeˈriːɔn |Titan Sohn des Uranos und der Gäa

 

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