Metis
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Metis meant "cunningness" or "wisdom, craft, skill" in Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...

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Metis may also refer to:
  • Métis people (Canada)
    Métis people (Canada)
    The Métis are one of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who trace their descent to mixed First Nations parentage. The term was historically a catch-all describing the offspring of any such union, but within generations the culture syncretised into what is today a distinct aboriginal group, with...

    , a mixed-race people of Canada
  • Metis (mythology)
    Metis (mythology)
    In Greek mythology, Metis was of the Titan generation and, like several primordial figures, an Oceanid, in the sense that Metis was born of Oceanus and Tethys, of an earlier age than Zeus and his siblings...

    , a Titaness and the first wife of Zeus
  • Metis (moon)
    Metis (moon)
    Metis , also known as ', is the innermost moon of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1979 in images taken by Voyager 1, and was named in 1983 after the first wife of Zeus, Metis...

    , the innermost of Jupiter's known moons
  • Metis (software), business modeling software
  • Metis (Japanese musician), a Japanese reggae singer
  • Metis (American musician), an American rapper
  • Metis (World of Darkness), a fictional breed of werewolves in the role-playing game Werewolf: The Apocalypse
  • Metis Shoal
    Metis Shoal
    Metis Shoal is a shoal at the top of a submarine volcano, located between the islands of Kao and Late in Tonga. When the volcano erupted in 1995 a 43 metre high island formed, composed of a solid lava dome above the surface...

    , the tip of a submarine volcano in Tonga, which occasionally erupts to form the temporary island Late'iki
  • 9 Metis
    9 Metis
    9 Metis is one of the larger main-belt asteroids. It is composed of silicates and metallic nickel-iron, and may be the core remnant of a large asteroid that was destroyed by an ancient collision...

    , an asteroid
  • 9К115-2 Metis-M, a Russian anti–tank missile system
  • Métis
    Métis
    A Métis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences, regarded as racial, or the descendant of such persons. The term is of French origin, and also is a cognate of mestizo in Spanish, mestiço in Portuguese, and mestee in English...

     (of French origin, cognate of mestizo), people of mixed race
  • Métis people (United States), an Aboriginal people of the United States
  • Metis TransPacific Airlines
    Metis TransPacific Airlines
    Metis TransPacific Charter Airlines was a supposed airline service based in Macau SAR, China. It was to provide commercial airservice between Macau SAR China and Vancouver BC, Canada...

    , a Canadian airline based in Vancouver
  • Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec
    Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec
    Métis-sur-Mer is a village in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec.This area was first settled by Scottish immigrants during the early 19th century....

    , Canada
  • Grand-Métis, Quebec
    Grand-Métis, Quebec
    Grand-Métis is a village in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. The village is situated where the Mitis River meets the Saint Lawrence River....

    , Canada
  • St. Paul, Alberta
    St. Paul, Alberta
    St. Paul is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada. It was formerly called St. Paul de Métis and was originally a French-Catholic settlement and mission to the Metis people....

    , formerly Saint-Paul-des-Métis, Canada
  • Metiş, a village in Mihăileni
    Mihaileni, Sibiu
    Mihăileni is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Metiş, Mihăileni, Moardăş, Răvăşel and Şalcău. Metiş and Moardăş have fortified churches.-References:...

     Commune, Sibiu County, Romania
  • The Mid-infrared imager and Spectrograph (METIS) for the European Extremely Large Telescope

See also

  • Metisse
    Metisse
    Metisse is a 2.5D windowing system, based on the X Window System. Metisse is available as a window manager for at least Mandriva One 2007, PCLinuxOS 2007 , Sabayon Linux, and Arch Linux. It has many features that set it apart from the traditional 3D "Cube workspace"...

    , windowing software
  • Metius
    Metius
    Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius, , was a Dutch geometer and astronomer. He was born in Alkmaar. The name Metius comes from the Dutch word meten , and therefore means something like "measurer" or "surveyor."-Father and brother:Metius was born at Alkmaar, North Holland...

    , Dutch geometer
  • Metius (crater)
    Metius (crater)
    Metius is a lunar impact crater located in the rugged highlands to the southeast of the Moon's near side. To the southwest the rim is attached to the crater Fabricius. Offset to the east-northeast is the heavily worn crater Brenner...

    , a lunar impact crater
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