anthelion
Meaning of anthelion
noun
a luminous halo round a shadow projected by the sun on to a cloud or fog bank.
late 17th century: from Greek anthēlion, neuter of anthēlios ‘opposite to the sun’, from anth- (variant of anti- ‘against’) + hēlios ‘sun’.
Information about anthelion
- It is a name.
- The plural form of anthelion is: anthelions.
- Languages in which anthelion is used:
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Hyphenation of anthelion
an-the-lion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- anthelion is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with anthelion
Lion, lion, Akoulalion, Calion, Cedalion, Daedalion, Deucalion, Ereuthalion, Galion, Healion, Nemalion, Pedalion, Pygmalion, battalion, deucalion, pausalion, pygmalion, rascalion, talion, tatterdemalion, vocalion, Redlion, aphidlion, Actelion, Gamelion, Helion, Pantagruelion, Pelion, Thargelion, aphelion, belion, camelion, dandelion, diskelion, epitrachelion, evangelion, obelion, padelion, pantagruelion, paranthelion, parhelion, pedelion, perihelion, pommelion, protevangelion, selion, tetraskelion, thelion, triskelion, werelion