Ceres

<h3 >Etymology</h3>

<p >Latin&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ceres#Latin" title="Ceres" >Cerēs</a>, goddess of the bounty, akin to&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/creare#Latin" title="creare" >crēare</a>&nbsp;(“to create”),&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crescere#Latin" title="crescere" >crēscere</a>&nbsp;(“to grow”), from&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European" title="Proto-Indo-European" >Proto-Indo-European</a>&nbsp;<i class="Unicode" ><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/%E1%B8%B1er-" title="Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/ḱer-" >*ḱer-</a></i>&nbsp;(“to grow”). More at&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/create" title="create" >create</a>.</p>

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<h3 >Proper noun</h3>

<p ><b>Ceres</b></p>

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<li >(<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Roman" title="Roman" >Roman</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mythology" title="mythology" >mythology</a>)&nbsp;The Roman&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/goddess" title="goddess" >goddess</a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agriculture" title="agriculture" >agriculture</a>; equivalent to the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Greek" title="Greek" >Greek</a>&nbsp;goddess&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter" >Demeter</a>.</li>

<li >(<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/astronomy" title="astronomy" >astronomy</a>)&nbsp;A celestial body&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orbit" title="orbit" >orbiting</a>&nbsp;between&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mars" title="Mars" >Mars</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jupiter" title="Jupiter" >Jupiter</a>, the largest&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/asteroid" title="asteroid" >asteroid</a>&nbsp;and innermost&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dwarf_planet" title="dwarf planet" >dwarf planet</a>; officially called&nbsp;<i class="None mention-None" lang="" xml:lang=""><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=1_Ceres&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1 Ceres (page does not exist)" >1&nbsp;<b>Ceres</b></a></i>.</li>

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