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Meaning of Keres | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈkɪ.riːz/

Definitions

The goddesses of death, specifically cruel and violent deaths, including death in battle, by accident, murder or ravaging disease. They numbered in the thousands and were the daughters of Nyx and Erebus, and the sisters of Thanatos and Hypnos. Their Roman counterparts were the Letum or the Tenebrae.

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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