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Nyx

American  
[niks] / nɪks /

noun

  1. an ancient Greek goddess personifying night.


Nyx British  
/ nɪks /

noun

  1. Roman counterpart: NoxGreek myth the goddess of the night, daughter of Chaos

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Their investigation identified a large subsurface structure in the Nyx Mons region, named after the Greek goddess of the night.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

Typhon Nyx, in his 30s, is one of many TST members who uses an alternative name in the community - a "Satanym", as they call it.

From BBC • May 19, 2023

Nyx is contesting the dismissal, saying it was in retaliation for union advocacy.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2022

Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge In the conceptual phase, Nyx requires a machine that’s powerful enough to run multiple games at once, with networking chops to handle distributing low-latency streams.

From The Verge • Jan. 3, 2022

Dozens of horrible glowing eyes turned toward Nyx.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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