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pandora
/pænˈdɔɹə/
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What does pandora mean?
noun
- Any fish of the genus Pagellus.
proper noun
- The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.
- A moon of the planet Saturn.
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proper noun
- 55 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.
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IPA pronunciation
/pænˈdɔɹə/
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Later, however, Pandora herself becomes the pourer forth of ills on the head of defenceless man.
Pandora, the first woman created, received a vase which, by divine command, was to remain closed; but she was tempted to open it, and troubles, sorrow, and disease escaped into the world, hope alone remaining.
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Yes, Arethusa herself and Pandora, whom we all know by her box, looked down upon the two new managers of the Opera, who ended by clutching at some piece of wreckage and from there stared silently at Box Five on the grand tier.
Henry Klutschak, a Bohemian by birth, a civil engineer by profession, brought us the advantage of his previous experiences in the Arctic; Frank E. Melms was an experienced whaleman; and Joseph Ebierbing, well known as "Esquimau Joe," had been with Captain Hall and Captain Hayes in their journeys, and with the 'Pandora' expedition from England.