Pieris (Thrace)
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Pieris may refer to:


Organisms

* ''Pieris'' (plant), the andromeda or fetterbush, a plant genus in the family Ericaceae * ''Pieris'' (butterfly), the garden whites, a butterfly genus in the family Pieridae * ''Pieris'', a synonym of the genus '' Pierella'' in the butterfly family Nymphalidae


Places

* Pieris, Italy, a hamlet of San Canzian d'Isonzo in Italy *
Pieria (regional unit) Pieria ( el, Πιερία) is one of the regional units of Greece located in the southern part of the Region of Central Macedonia, within the historical province of Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Katerini.The name Pieria originates from ...
, also Pieris, an administrative unit and a historic region in Greece * Pieris, an ancient name of the Greek settlement Kondariotissa * Pieres, an ancient Thracian tribe living in the Pieria region * Piereis, a municipal unit in Kavala regional unit, Greece


People

* Mevan Pieris (born 1946), Sri Lankan former cricket player *
Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala (1900–1976) was a Sri Lankan paleontologist, zoologist, and artist. Early life and education He was born in Colombo, the son of Paul Edward Pieris and Lady Hilda Obeyesekere Pieris. He had two younger brothers, ...
(1900–1976), a Sri Lankan paleontologist, zoologist and artist * Aloysius Pieris (born 1934), Jesuit Priest and director of the Tulana Center in Sri Lanka


Other uses

* Pieris (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology


See also

* Pieris Kurundu, a type 7 cinnamon of the ''Cinnamomum verum'' variety *
Peiris Peiris, Peries or Pieris is a Sinhalese surname. It is a common surname in coastal area of Sri Lanka. It is originated from Portuguese surname Peres and was spread across Sri Lanka during Portuguese rule of the island. The name has been adapted ...
, a surname *
Pierian Spring In Greek mythology, the Pierian Spring of Macedonia was sacred to the Pierides and the Muses. As the metaphorical source of knowledge of art and science, it was popularized by a couplet in Alexander Pope's 1711 poem "An Essay on Criticism": "A li ...
, the metaphorical source of knowledge about art and science {{disambiguation, genus, geo, surname