ceres

4 definitions found

ceres - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ceres \Ce"res\, n. [L., Ceres, also corn, grain, akin to E.
     create.]
     1. (Class. Myth.) The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the
        goddess of corn and tillage.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Actron.) The first discovered asteroid.
        [1913 Webster]

ceres - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Ceres
      n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of
           Greek Demeter
      2: the largest asteroid and the first discovered

ceres - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Ceres, CA (city, FIPS 12524)
    Location: 37.59935 N, 120.95623 W
    Population (1990): 26314 (9075 housing units)
    Area: 14.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 95307
  Ceres, NY
    Zip code(s): 14721
  Ceres, VA
    Zip code(s): 24318

ceres - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  86 Moby Thesaurus words for "Ceres":
     Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis,
     Ashtoreth, Astarte, Ate, Athena, Baal, Bacchus, Cora, Cronus,
     Cupid, Cybele, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dionysos, Dionysus, Dis,
     Eros, Flora, Frey, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Helios,
     Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion, Isis,
     Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur,
     Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore,
     Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus,
     Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Pan,
     Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Pomona,
     Poseidon, Priapus, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus,
     Triptolemos, Triptolemus, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus, corn god,
     fertility god, forest god, vegetation spirit