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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

Survivors include her her husband and two children, Tessa Nyx and Ross Christensen, both of Richmond, Virginia.

From Seattle Times Aug. 24, 2023

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

Alienware demoed Nyx to The Verge with repurposed Concept UFO controllers that we last saw at CES 2020 attached to a Switch-like tablet.

From The Verge Jan. 3, 2022

Above them in the dark, Nyx and her children scuffled and yelled, “I’ve got them! My foot! Stop it!”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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