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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apollo \A*pol"lo\, n. [L. Apollo, -linis, Gr ?.] (Classic Myth.) A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the ``sun god''), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also {Ph['e]bus}. {The Apollo Belvedere}, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Apollo n : sun god; god of prophesy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis [syn: {Apollo}, {Phoebus}, {Phoebus Apollo}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Apollo, PA (borough, FIPS 2720) Location: 40.58456 N, 79.56462 W Population (1990): 1895 (863 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15613
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