Pallas

[pal-uh s]

noun

Also called Pallas Athena. Classical Mythology. Athena(def 1).
Astronomy. the second largest and one of the four brightest asteroids.

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Contemporary Examples of pallas

According to Pallas, it is becoming more difficult to find such craftsmen.
The Last "Real" Couture House
Liza Foreman
March 5, 2014
Like these men and his father before him, Mr. Pallas learned the craft as a child.
The Last "Real" Couture House
Liza Foreman
March 5, 2014
This is the third new collection for Pallas, and it is selling in the Bon Marche.
The Last "Real" Couture House
Liza Foreman
March 5, 2014
“If something does not fit, the tailor knows how to change it,” Pallas says.
The Last "Real" Couture House
Liza Foreman
March 5, 2014

Historical Examples of pallas

In the garden of Anaxagoras, you will find a statue of Pallas, carved from an olive-tree.
Philothea
Lydia Maria Child
Stultitia was truly born in the manner of her serious sister Pallas.
Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
Johan Huizinga
The koulan of Pallas is said to have been seen with a double shoulder-stripe.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
Charles Darwin
Pallas on the fertility of the wild stocks of domestic animals, 254.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
Charles Darwin
But Pallas Minerva suffered it not to be mingled with the entrails of the hero.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)
Homer

British Dictionary definitions for pallas

Pallas

noun

astronomy the second largest asteroid (diameter 520 km), revolving around the sun in a period of 4.62 years

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Word Origin and History for pallas

Pallas

Greek goddess' name, literally "little maiden," related to pallake "concubine," and probably somehow connected to Avestan pairika "beautiful women seducing pious men."

pallas in Science

Pallas

[păl′əs]

The second largest asteroid, measuring about 570 km (353 mi) at its greatest diameter, and the second to be discovered, in 1802. See more at asteroid.