Veles

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of vele form-of, plural
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The pagan Slavic god of the fertile earth, livestock, waters, and the underworld, often portrayed as a chimera.
  2. 2
    A city in central North Macedonia.
  3. 3
    HD 75898 b, an exoplanet approximately 2.71 times the mass of Jupiter in the Stribor system, ~255 ly from Earth.

Synonyms

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volos

Etymology

Etymology 1

Likely of Proto-Indo-European origin but the exact root is difficult to pinpoint. Suggestions have included *h₂welh₁- (“wool”) and *welg- (“damp, humid”). Also compare Lithuanian vẽlės (“ghostly figures of the deceased”), archaic form of modern velnias (“demon, devil”). More at Veles.

Etymology 2

From Macedonian Велес (Veles)

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republic of macedonia

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