pallas

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

Pal=las

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pallas has 2 senses

pallas(n = noun.person) athena, athene, pallas athena, pallas athene - (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva;

is a kind of greek deity

pallas(n = noun.object) - a large asteroid; the second asteroid to be discovered;

is a kind of

asteroid

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pallas, prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. Palla`s, Palla`dos.].

Pallas Athena, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athena, Pallas Athene or Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva. [1913 Webster]