Pieris may refer to:
Organisms
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''Pieris'' (plant), the andromeda or fetterbush, a plant genus in the family Ericaceae
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''Pieris'' (butterfly), the garden whites, a butterfly genus in the family Pieridae
* ''Pieris'', a synonym of the genus ''
Pierella
''Pierella'' is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico through Central America to South America. The species of ''Pierella'' have larger hindwings than forewings, unique among butterflies. The o ...
'' in the butterfly family Nymphalidae
Places
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Pieris, Italy
San Canzian d'Isonzo ( Bisiacco: ; ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Gorizia, in Friuli – Venezia Giulia, Italy.
The small town is situated about from Gorizia, the capital of the province, and west of the important port of ...
, a hamlet of San Canzian d'Isonzo in Italy
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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
Kontariotissa ( el, Κονταριώτισσα, ''Kondariotissa'', formerly ''Κουντουριώτισσα'', ''Koundouriotissa'') is a village in the Pieria regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. It is located 9 km south of the Pierian capit ...
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Pieres
The Pieres (Ancient Greek: Πίερες) were an ancient tribe that long before the archaic period in Greece occupied the narrow strip of plain land, or low hill, between the mouths of the Peneius and the HaliacmonE.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thuc ...
, an ancient Thracian tribe living in the Pieria region
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Piereis
Piereis ( el, Πιερείς) is a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio
Pangaio ( el, Παγγαίο) is a municipality i ...
, a municipal unit in Kavala regional unit, Greece
People
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Mevan Pieris (born 1946), Sri Lankan former cricket player
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Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala (1900–1976), a Sri Lankan paleontologist, zoologist and artist
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Aloysius Pieris
Aloysius Pieris SJ (born 9 April 1934) is a Sri Lankan Jesuit priest, theologian, intellect, and the founding director of the Tulana Research Center for Encounter and Dialogue.
Biography
Aloysius Pieris was born in Ampitiya, Ceylon (present-da ...
(born 1934), Jesuit Priest and director of the Tulana Center in Sri Lanka
Other uses
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Pieris (mythology) In Greek mythology, Pieris was one of the names given for the slave who was the mother, by Menelaus, of Megapenthes. Homer's ''Odyssey'', and the geographer Pausanias, mention that Megapenthes was the illegitimate son of Menelaus, king of Mycenaean ...
, a figure in Greek mythology
See also
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Pieris Kurundu
''Cinnamomum verum'', called true cinnamon tree or Ceylon cinnamon tree, is a small evergreen tree belonging to the family Lauraceae, native to Sri Lanka. The inner bark of several other ''Cinnamomum'' species are also used to make cinnamon, but ...
, a type 7 cinnamon of the ''Cinnamomum verum'' variety
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Peiris, a surname
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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 lit ...
, the metaphorical source of knowledge about art and science
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