Hyperion

See also: Hypérion

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὑπερίων (Huperíōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɪəɹi.ən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiən

Proper noun

Hyperion

1. (Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Gaia and Uranus and the father of Helios, Selene and Eos.
2. (Greek mythology) Helios himself, the incarnation of light and beauty.
3. (astronomy) One of the moons of Saturn.

Derived terms

• Hyperionian

Translations

a Titan, the son of Gaia and Uranus

• Afrikaans: Huperion
• Armenian: Հիպերիոն (hy) (Hiperion)
• Azerbaijani: Hiperion
• Bengali: হুপেরিয়ন (huperiẏon)
• Catalan: Hiperíon m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 海柏利昂 (hoi² paak³ lei⁶ ngong⁴)

  Mandarin: 許珀里翁 / 许珀里翁 (Xǔpòlǐwēng), 海柏利昂 (Hǎibólì'áng), 海伯利安 (Hǎibólì'ān)

• Danish: Hyperion
• Finnish: Hyperion
• French: Hypérion (fr) m
• Greek: Υπερίων (el) m (Yperíon)
• Greenlandic: Hyperioni
• Hungarian: Hüperión (hu)
• Inuktitut: ᐦᐃᐲᕆᐅᓐ (hipiirion)
• Italian: Iperione m
• Japanese: ヒュペリーオーン (Hyuperīōn)
• Korean: 히페리온 (hiperion)
• Persian: هیپریون
• Portuguese: Hipérion m
• Russian: Гиперио́н m (Giperión)
• Spanish: Hiperión m
• Swedish: Hyperion (sv)
• Thai: ไฮพีเรียน

moon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土衛七 / 土卫七 (Tǔwèiqī)

• Finnish: Hyperion
• Hungarian: Hüperión (hu)
• Italian: Iperione m
• Portuguese: Hipérion m
• Russian: Гиперио́н m (Giperión)
• Spanish: Hiperión m

Portuguese

Proper noun

Hyperion m

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Hipérion.