apolo

See also: Apolo and ápoló

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpɔ.lu/

• Hyphenation: a‧po‧lo

Parnassius apollo

Noun

apolo m (plural apolos)

1. Apollo (a very handsome young man)
2. Apollo (Parnassius apollo, a European butterfly)

Yoruba

Ojú èèyàn tí àpólò ń ṣe

Etymology

From English Apollo 11, as conjunctivitis became more prevalent in Nigeria with the return of Apollo 11 the infection was believed to have been heralded by the moon visitors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pó.lò/

Noun

àpólò

1. conjunctivitis [from 1969]