Seres
name, noun
name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of sere form-of, plural
Proper Noun
- 1 Synonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China. archaic, collective, historical, uncountable
- 2 A surname.
Etymology
From Latin Sērēs, from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the North Chinese; North China”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).
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