AskDefine | Define Janus

Dictionary Definition

Janus n : (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head

User Contributed Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

Ja·nus
  • IPA: //
  • SAMPA: //
  • AHD: /Jānôs/

Proper noun

Janus
  1. The god of gates and doorways; having two faces looking in opposite directions
  2. a moon of Saturn

Translations

Roman Mythology
  • Alsatian: Janus
  • Bulgarian: Янус (Janus)
  • Chinese: 杰纳斯 ()
  • Czech: Janus?
  • Danish: Janus
  • Dutch: Janus
  • Estonian: Janus
  • Finnish: Janus
  • French: Janus
  • German: Janus
  • Greek: Ιανός (Ianos)
  • Italian: Giano?
  • Japanese: ヤヌス (Yanusu)
  • KoreanIanusu
  • Latin: Janus
  • Luxemburgian: Janus
  • Norwegian: Janus
  • Russian: Янус (Yanus or Janus)
  • Slovenian: Janus
  • Swedish: Janus
Astronomy
  • Alsatian: Janus
  • Bulgarian: Янус (Janus)
  • Chinese: 杰纳斯 ()
  • Czech: Janus?
  • Danish: Janus
  • Dutch: Janus
  • Finnish: Janus
  • French: Janus
  • German: Janus
  • Greek: Ιανός (Ianos)
  • Italian: Giano?
  • Japanese: ヤヌス (Yanusu)
  • KoreanIanusu
  • Latin: Janus
  • Luxemburgian: Janus
  • Norwegian: Janus
  • Russian: Янус (Yanus or Janus)
  • Slovenian: Janus
  • Swedish: Janus

Estonian

Proper noun

Janus
  1. Janus (god)

Faroese

Proper noun

Janus
  1. a male given name, compare Jens

Usage notes

Patronymics
  • son of Janus: Janussson or Janusarson
  • daughter of Janus: Janusdóttir or Janusardóttir

Declension

Extensive Definition

Janus may refer to:
  • Janus (mythology), the two-faced Roman god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings.
  • Janus (moon), a moon of Saturn.
  • Janus Patera, a shallow volcanic crater on Io, a moon of Jupiter.
  • Janus (simulation), a military combat simulation first developed in the late 1970s by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Combat Simulation Laboratory.
  • Society of Janus, a San Francisco based BDSM education and support group.
  • Janus Capital Group, an investment company based in Denver, Colorado.
  • Zündapp Janus, a bubble car model by Zündapp.
  • a Janus word, or auto-antonym: a word with two opposite meanings.
  • Janus (TV series), A television series created by the Australian Broadcasting Commission with two story lines: the criminal family being prosecuted and the police/judicial process.
  • Schempp-Hirth Janus, a two-seater glider.
  • HMS Janus, a name used by British naval ships.
People
Computing
Film and music
  • Janus Films, an American film distribution company.
  • Janus Records, a record label.
  • Janus (band), an orchestral darkwave group.
  • Janus, the criminal organization in the James Bond movie GoldenEye.
  • The Janus Project, a taboo cloning project in the movie Judge Dredd.
  • "Janus", a song from the album Out and About with the Gone Jackals by hard rock group The Gone Jackals.
  • "Janus" appears on the CD Inner Journeys: Myth + Legends by Cusco
Literature and comics
Magazines
Games and gaming
Geography
Science
  • Janus-faced molecule, used to describe a molecule whose effects on organisms can vary between beneficial and toxic.
  • Janus Experiments, a series of experiments on radio-sensitivity in mice and dogs.
Janus in Tosk Albanian: Janus
Janus in Catalan: Janus
Janus in Welsh: Ianws
Janus in Danish: Janus
Janus in German: Janus
Janus in Estonian: Janus
Janus in French: Janus
Janus in Indonesian: Janus
Janus in Dutch: Janus
Janus in Norwegian: Janus
Janus in Polish: Janus
Janus in Russian: Янус

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