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Keres.

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.

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name/ˈkɪ.riːz/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɪɹ.iz/General-American
  1. 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.

    Greek
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek Κῆρες (Kêres, literally “Death Spirits, Doom, Heart”).

adj/ˈkɛ.ɹəs/UK/ˈkɛɹ.əs/US/ˈkeɪ.ɹeɪs/UK, US, uncommon
  1. Of or pertaining to the Keres Pueblo people or language of New Mexico.

noun/ˈkɛ.ɹəs/UK/ˈkɛɹ.əs/US/ˈkeɪ.ɹeɪs/UK, US, uncommon
  1. An indigenous Pueblo people of New Mexico that speak the Keres language.

    collective · countable · in-plural · uncountable
  2. An individual member of these people.

    countable
name/ˈkɛ.ɹəs/UK/ˈkɛɹ.əs/US/ˈkeɪ.ɹeɪs/UK, US, uncommon
  1. The language or language family traditionally spoken by the Keres Pueblo people.

    uncountable
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