"Poseidon" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /pəˈsaɪdn̩/ Audio: En-us-Poseidon.oga [US]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|Ποσειδῶν}} Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Poseidon
  1. (Greek mythology) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune. Wikipedia link: en:Poseidon Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities Translations (the god of the sea): 𒉿𒋛𒁺𒉡 (pi-si-du-nu) (Akkadian), Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), بُوسِيدُون (busidun) [masculine] (Arabic), بُوسَيْدُون (busaydun) [masculine] (Arabic), Պոսեյդոն (Poseydon) (Armenian), Посейдо́н (Posejdón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Posidó [masculine] (Catalan), 波塞冬 (Bōsāidōng) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲡⲟⲥⲓⲧⲱⲛ (positōn) (Coptic), Poseidon [masculine] (Czech), Poseidón [masculine] (Czech), Posejdono (Esperanto), Pozidono (Esperanto), Poseidon (Finnish), Poséidon [masculine] (French), Poseidon [masculine] (Friulian), Poseidón [masculine] (Galician), პოსეიდონი (ṗoseidoni) (Georgian), Poseidon [masculine] (German), Ποσειδώνας (Poseidónas) [masculine] (Greek), Poszeidón (Hungarian), Poiséadón [masculine] (Irish), Poseidone [masculine] (Italian), ポセイドーン (Poseidōn) (Japanese), ポセイドン (english: Poseidon) (Japanese), 포세이돈 (english: Poseidon) (Korean), писидонъ (pisidonŭ) [masculine] (Old Church Slavonic), Posejdon [masculine] (Polish), Poseidon [masculine] (Portuguese), Posídon [masculine] (Portuguese), Possêidon [masculine] (Portuguese), Posidão [masculine] (Portuguese), Посейдо́н (Posejdón) [masculine] (Russian), Poseidón [masculine] (Spanish), Posidón [masculine] (Spanish), Poseidoni (Swahili), Poseidon [common-gender] (Swedish), โพไซดอน (poosaidon) (Thai), Посейдо́н (Posejdón) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "word": "Poszeidón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Poiséadón"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Poseidone"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Poseidōn",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "word": "ポセイドーン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "Poseidon",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "word": "ポセイドン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "Poseidon",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "word": "포세이돈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "pisidonŭ",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "писидонъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Posejdon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Poseidon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Posídon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Possêidon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Posidão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Posejdón",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Посейдо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Poseidón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Posidón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "word": "Poseidoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Poseidon"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "poosaidon",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "word": "โพไซดอน"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Posejdón",
      "sense": "the god of the sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Посейдо́н"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Poseidon"
}

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