"Nyx" meaning in English

See Nyx in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|Νύξ|}} Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nyx
  1. (Greek mythology) The primordial goddess of night. Wikipedia link: Nyx Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Gods, Greek mythology Translations (the primordial goddess of night): Նիքս (Nikʻs) (Armenian), 纽克斯 (Chinese Mandarin), Nyx (Czech), Nyx (Danish), Nox (Dutch), Nyx (Dutch), Nyks (Finnish), Nyx (French), ნიქსი (niksi) (Georgian), Nyx (German), Νυξ (english: Nyx) [feminine] (Greek), Nika (Hawaiian), Nüx (Hungarian), Notte (Italian), Nyx (Italian), ニュクス (Nyukusu) (Japanese), 닉스 (Nikseu) (Korean), Niktė (Lithuanian), निक्स (niksa) [feminine] (Marathi), Nyks [feminine] (Polish), Nix (Portuguese), Ню́кта (Njúkta) [feminine] (Russian), Ни́кта (Níkta) [feminine] (Russian), Никта [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Nikta [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Nix (Spanish), Nyx (Spanish), Nicte [feminine] (Spanish), Nicta [feminine] (Spanish), Nyx (Swedish), Нікс (Niks) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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