Orion vs Mintaka - What's the difference?
orion | mintaka |
(Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
(constellation) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
of modern usage.
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A ghost hamlet in Alberta, Canada
A ghost town in California
A commune in France
A village in Illinois
A municipality in Bataan, the Philippines
A town in Wisconsin
(star) A multiple star in the constellation of Orion; Delta (?) Orionis. It is one of the three stars that form Orion's Belt.
As proper nouns the difference between orion and mintaka
is that orion is a giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis while Mintaka is a multiple star in the constellation of Orion; Delta (δ) Orionis. It is one of the three stars that form Orion's Belt.orion
English
(wikipedia Orion)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- In Madge's judgment, her Uncle Orion had suffered most of his life from the name he'd been given, requiring that people ask him to repeat it and boys his own age make fun of it.
