Ceres

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Ceres
    n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of
         Greek Demeter
    2: the largest asteroid and the first discovered
from The 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]
from 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
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Ceres, CA -- U.S. city in California
   Population (2000):    34609
   Housing Units (2000): 10773
   Land area (2000):     6.937592 sq. miles (17.968279 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    6.937592 sq. miles (17.968279 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            12524
   Located within:       California (CA), FIPS 06
   Location:             37.601328 N, 120.957166 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     95307
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Ceres, CA
    Ceres
from 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
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