Ares

Ares is probably a habitational name from places called Ares, in the provinces of A Coruña and Lugo in Galicia, either from the plural of ar "wind", "air."

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Greek : God of war
English : A constellation

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Galician : probably a habitational name from places called Ares, in the provinces of A Coruña and Lugo in Galicia, either from the plural of ar ‘wind’, ‘air’ (compare Buenos Aires, Galician Bos Ares), or from the medieval personal name Arias (Aires), which is probably of Germanic origin.

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