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Seres

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China. archaic, collective, historical, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of sere form-of, plural

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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