Veles

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Veles m A taxonomic genus within the family Caprimulgidae – brown nightjar, of much of tropical Africa. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Caprimulgiformes – order; Caprimulgidae – family; Caprimulginae - subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Veles binotatus - sole species === References === Veles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Veles on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Veles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN. == English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Proper noun ==== Veles (Slavic mythology) The pagan Slavic god of the fertile earth, livestock, waters, and the underworld, often portrayed as a chimera. Synonym: Volos === Etymology 2 === From Macedonian Велес (Veles) ==== Proper noun ==== Veles A city in central North Macedonia. HD 75898 b, an exoplanet approximately 2.71 times the mass of Jupiter in the Stribor system, ~255 ly from Earth. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === elves, veels == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Macedonian Велес (Veles) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋêles/ Hyphenation: Ve‧les === Proper noun === Vȅles m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ве̏лес) a city in North Macedonia ==== Declension ====