English Explanatory Dictionary

veles

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

veles

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Volos
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