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
JanusTranslations
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- Janus (god)
Faroese
Proper noun
Janus- 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
- Janus of Cyprus, king of Cyprus from 1398 to 1432.
- Janusz I, Archbishop of Gniezno
- Janus I, Duke of Masovia
- Janus II, Duke of Masovia
- Janus Junius Toland, a sobriquet of pantheist philosopher John Toland.
- Janus Ulitius, the Latinized name of 17th century philologist Jan van Vliet.
- Janus Friis, the Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application KaZaA and Skype, the peer-to-peer telephony application.
- Janus (Paul Kelly), an English professional wrestler.
Computing
- Janus (programming language)
- "Janus" was a codename used for Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows 2000 (DEC Alpha and Itanium 64-bit editions).
- Janus (DRM), a Microsoft Digital Rights Management platform.
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
- Janus: A Summing Up, a book by Arthur Koestler.
- Janus (comics), a superhero in the DC Comics universe.
- Janus (Marvel Comics), a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe and an enemy of Marvel Comics' Dracula.
- The Janus Directive, a DC Comics crossover.
- Janus (Stargate), an "Ancient" scientist in the TV series Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1.
- Janus (Angels and Demons), the antagonist in the novel Angels and Demons.
- Janus, a French poetry magazine published in Paris by Elliott Stein from 1950 to 1961.
- Janus Publishing, a British publishing company known for publishing the work of previously unpublished authors.
- Janus, a short story by Ann Beattie.
Magazines
- Janus (science fiction magazine), a feminist science fiction magazine.
- Janus (spanking magazine), a British spanking magazine edited by Harrison Marks.
Games and gaming
- Janus chess, a chess variant.
- Janus Zeal, a character in the game Chrono Trigger.
- In the RPG In Nomine, Janus is the Archangel of the Wind.
Geography
- Janus Island, an island of the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
- Janus Lake (Ontario), Canada.
- Janus Lake (Washington), Snohomish County, Washington.
- Mont Janus, France.
- Mount Janus (Antarctica)
- Mount Janus (Newfoundland), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- Mount Janus (Svalbard), Norway.
- Janus Peak, British Columbia, Canada.
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
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ambiguity, ambivalence, biformity, bifurcation, conjugation, dichotomy, doubleness, doublethink, doubling, dualism, duality, duplexity, duplication, duplicity, equivocality, halving, irony, pairing, polarity, twinning, two-facedness,
twoness