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Definition of PANDORA

Pandora
Pandora Pan*do"ra, n. [L., fr. Gr. Pandw`ra; pa^s, pa^n, all + dw^ron a gift.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.

Meaning of PANDORA from wikipedia

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- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a 2023 action-adventure game developed by M****ive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. The game is part of the Avatar...
- Pandora is a character in Gr**** mythology, the first human woman created by the gods. Pandora may also refer to: Pandora's box, mythological artifact connected...
- PANDORA, or Pandora, is a national web archive for the preservation of Australia's online publications. Established by the National Library of Australia...
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