Ceres

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ceres
       n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of
            Greek Demeter
       2: the largest asteroid and the first discovered

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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) [gaz-place]:

  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