Keres
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪ.riːz/
The English word “Keres” has 5 meanings listed here.
proper noun
- The goddesses of death, specifically cruel and violent deaths, including death in battle, by accident, murder or ravaging disease. They numbered in the thousands and were the daughters of Nyx and Erebus, and the sisters of Thanatos and Hypnos. Their Roman counterparts were the Letum or the Tenebrae.
- The language or language family traditionally spoken by the Keres Pueblo people.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Keres Pueblo people or language of New Mexico.
noun
- An indigenous Pueblo people of New Mexico that speak the Keres language.
- An individual member of these people.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κῆρες (Kêres, literally “Death Spirits, Doom, Heart”).
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