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veles

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5

Definition of veles

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of vele
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of vele

name

  1. The pagan Slavic god of the fertile earth, livestock, waters, and the underworld, often portrayed as a chimera.
  2. A city in central North Macedonia.
  3. HD 75898 b, an exoplanet approximately 2.71 times the mass of Jupiter in the Stribor system, ~255 ly from Earth.

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Etymology

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.

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