Pollux

1. One of the Dioscuri.
2. A bright star in the constellation Gemini.

[Latin Pollūx, from Greek Poludeukēs.]

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the brightest star in Gemini; close to Castor

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Pollux may refer to:

• EAS Pollux, a spaceship in the television series Babylon 5
• Julius Pollux, (Ioulios Poludeukes) a Greek rhetorician
• Pollux (mountain) in the Pennine Alps, Italy/Switzerland
• Pollux (mythology) or Polydeuces, one of the Gemini twins
• Pollux (star), (β Geminorum)
• A whaler and exploration ship later renamed SS Southern Cross
• Pollux Gamelabs, a Danish game development company.
• the Pollux Engine, a game engine developed by Square-Enix for easy porting between the Wii and Nintendo DS systems. Used in both versions of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time.

Pollux may also refer to:

• a character in the erotic anime series Words Worth
• a crater on the Saturnian moon Epimetheus
• a dog in the French television series Le Manège Enchanté, known as Dougal in the English version, The Magic Roundabout
• a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive of the South Devon Railway Eagle class
• Pollux (arcade game), manufactured by Dooyong in 1991
• a monster in the online game Granado Espada
• Pollux Black, a pure-blood wizard, grandfather of Sirius Black from Harry Potter novels

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - Pollux

Nederlands (Dutch)
Pollux

Français (French)
n. - Pollux

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pollux

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αστρον., μυθολ.) Πολυδεύκης

Italiano (Italian)
Polluce

Português (Portuguese)
n. - Pólux (m)

Русский (Russian)
Поллукс

Español (Spanish)
n. - Pólux, héroe mitológico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - Pollux

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
双子座之星

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 雙子座之星

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 폴럭스(쌍둥이자리의 배타성)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ポリュデウケース, ポルックス

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بولكس : المتمثل بالأخ التوأم لكاسترو وفق الأساطير الإغريقيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פולאקס (הכוכב המאיר יותר במזל תאומים)‬

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