"Echo" meaning in English

See Echo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈɛkoʊ/
Rhymes: -ɛkoʊ Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἠχώ (Ēkhṓ, “sound”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Ἠχώ||sound}} Ancient Greek Ἠχώ (Ēkhṓ, “sound”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Echo
  1. (Greek mythology) An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology Translations (mythology): Ἠχώ (Ēkhṓ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Echo (Danish), Écho [feminine] (French), Echo [feminine] (German), Ηχώ (Ichó) [feminine] (Greek), Echo (Greenlandic), ᐄᑯ (iiko) (Inuktitut), Eco [feminine] (Italian), エーコー (Ēkō) (Japanese), 에코 (Eko) (Korean), Echo [feminine] (Polish), Eco [feminine] (Portuguese), Эхо́ (Exó) [feminine] (Russian), Э́хо (Éxo) [feminine] (Russian), Е́хо (Éxo) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Echo-en-name-ldEd2A5l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 62 38 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'mythology': 95 5
  2. (astronomy) 60 Echo, a main belt asteroid. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Asteroids Translations (Asteroid): 司音星 (Sīyīnxīng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Echo-en-name-t1QDJSU8 Disambiguation of Asteroids: 40 60 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'Asteroid': 6 94

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