Definitions for ino
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1. Ino

   In Greek mythology Ino was a mortal queen of Thebes, who after her death and transfiguration was worshiped as a goddess under her epithet Leucothea, the "white goddess." Alcman called her "Queen of the Sea", which, if not hyperbole, would make her a doublet of Amphitrite. In her mortal self, Ino, the second wife of the Minyan king Athamas, the mother of Learches and Melicertes, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia and stepmother of Phrixus and Helle, was one of the three sisters of Semele, the mortal woman of the house of Cadmus who gave birth to Dionysus. The three sisters were Agave, Autonoë and Ino, who was a surrogate for the divine nurses of Dionysus: "Ino was a primordial Dionysian woman, nurse to the god and a divine maenad". Maenads were reputed to tear their own children limb from limb in their madness. In the back-story to the heroic tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Phrixus and Helle, twin children of Athamas and Nephele, were hated by their stepmother, Ino. Ino hatched a devious plot to get rid of the twins, roasting all the crop seeds of Boeotia so they would not grow. The local farmers, frightened of famine, asked a nearby oracle for assistance. Ino bribed the men sent to the oracle to lie and tell the others that the oracle required the sacrifice of Phrixus. Athamas reluctantly agreed. Before he was killed though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying golden ram sent by Nephele, their natural mother. Helle fell off the ram into the Hellespont and drowned, but Phrixus survived all the way to Colchis, where King Aeetes took him in and treated him kindly, giving Phrixus his daughter, Chalciope, in marriage. In gratitude, Phrixus gave the king the golden fleece of the ram, which Aeetes hung in a tree in his kingdom.

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1. Ino

   the daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, the wife of Athamas, king of Thebes, who was changed into a sea-deity as she fled for refuge from her husband, who had gone raving mad and sought her life.

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1. inonoun

   Expressing the length of time before a future event is expected to take place in the opposite of what is being specified. 0.) PROPHECY (1.) Sea Goddess.

   At 11 p.m the time will be ino to 2300 in militant reading.

   Etymology: Converting Translation for Guidance

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on November 17, 2023  

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1. INO

   What does INO stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the INO acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. Ino

   (In′o), second wife of Athamas, King of Thebes, father of Phryxus and Helle. Ino had two children, who could not ascend the throne while Phryxus and Helle were alive. Ino therefore persecuted them to such a degree that they determined to escape. They did so on a ram, whose hide became the Golden Fleece. Ino destroyed herself, and was changed by Neptune into a sea-goddess.

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1. INO

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ino is ranked #86981 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ino surname appeared 214 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ino.
   
   68.2% or 146 total occurrences were Asian.
   13% or 28 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   9.3% or 20 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   6.5% or 14 total occurrences were White.
   2.8% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

Anagrams for ino »

1. ion

How to pronounce ino?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ino in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ino in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ino
2. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Ino
3. ^ Mythology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42474/pg42474-images.html#:~:text=ino
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html