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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

Eros
    n 1: (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified
         with Roman Cupid
    2: a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: sexual desire, eros,
       concupiscence, physical attraction]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Eros \E"ros\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? love, ? (personified) Eros, fr.
   ? to love.] (Greek Myth.)
   Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as
   one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the
   son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.
   [1913 Webster]

3. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Eros, LA -- U.S. town in Louisiana
   Population (2000):    202
   Housing Units (2000): 87
   Land area (2000):     0.996269 sq. miles (2.580325 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.996269 sq. miles (2.580325 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            24215
   Located within:       Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
   Location:             32.392502 N, 92.422737 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     71238
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Eros, LA
    Eros

Thesaurus Results for eros:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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