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The principal goddess of the pantheon and the wife of Jupiter, worshiped as the goddess of women, marriage, childbirth and the moon, and as the protector of the state. She came to be identified with the Greek Hera.

[Latin Iūnō, from iuvenis, young (probably from her association with the new moon).]


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Juno, classical sculpture; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
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Juno, classical sculpture; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples (credit: Alinari/Art Resource, New York)
In Roman religion, the chief goddess and female counterpart of Jupiter. She was identified with the Greek goddess Hera. With Jupiter and Minerva she was a member of the Capitoline triad of deities traditionally introduced into Rome by the Etruscans. She was connected with all aspects of the lives of women, particularly marriage. Individualized, she became a female guardian spirit; as every man had his genius, so every woman had her juno. Her temple in Rome eventually housed the Roman mint, and she was invoked as the savior of the state. Her sacred bird was the peacock.

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(Juno Online Services, Inc., www.juno.com) An ISP that provides Internet access and Web-based e-mail with free or paid service plans. Juno started out in 1995 as a non-Web service. Mail was accessed only via a dial-up connection to the Juno computer. Later, Juno added Internet e-mail and Web access. In 2001, it merged with NetZero to become United Online www.unitedonline.net). See Internet e-mail service and United Online.

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in astronomy
in Roman religion and mythology

Juno (jū'nō), in astronomy, 3d asteroid to be discovered. It was found in 1804 by C. Harding. It has a diameter of c.120 mi (190 km). Its average distance from the sun is 2.67 astronomical units, and its orbital period is 1,594 days.

Juno, in Roman religion and mythology, wife and sister of Jupiter. In early Roman times she, like the Greek Hera (with whom she was later identified), was goddess and protector of women, concerned especially with their sexual life. In later religion she became, however, the great goddess of the state and was worshiped, in conjunction with Jupiter and Minerva, at the temple on the Capitol.

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The Roman name of Hera, the Greek and Roman goddess who protected marriage. Juno was the wife of Jupiter.

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  • Juno (plant), a term for bulbous iris species from subgenus Scorpiris, an independent genus Juno in some classifications

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