Pieris may refer to:
Organisms
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''Pieris'' (plant), the andromeda or fetterbush, a plant genus in the family Ericaceae
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''Pieris'' (butterfly), the garden whites, a butterfly genus in the family Pieridae
* ''Pieris'', a synonym of the genus ''
Pierella'' in the butterfly family Nymphalidae
Places
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Pieris, Italy, a hamlet of San Canzian d'Isonzo in Italy
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Pieria (regional unit)
Pieria () is one of the regional units of Greece located in the southern part of the Central Macedonia, Region of Central Macedonia, within the historical province of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Katerini. The name ...
, also Pieris, an administrative unit and a historic region in Greece
* Pieris, an ancient name of the Greek settlement
Kondariotissa
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Pieres
The Pieres (Ancient Greek,"''Πίερες''") were a Thracians, Thracian tribe connected with the Brygi, that long before the archaic period in Greece occupied the narrow strip of plain land, or low hill, between the mouths of the Pineios River (T ...
, an ancient Thracian tribe living in the Pieria region
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Piereis, a municipal unit in Kavala regional unit, Greece
People
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Mevan Pieris (born 1946), Sri Lankan former cricket player
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Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala
Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala (1900–1976) was a Sri Lankan paleontologist, zoologist, and artist.
Early life and education
He was born in Colombo, the son of Paul Edward Pieris and Lady Hilda Obeyesekere Pieris. He had two younger brothe ...
(1900–1976), a Sri Lankan paleontologist, zoologist and artist
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Aloysius Pieris (born 1934), Jesuit Priest and director of the Tulana Center in Sri Lanka
Other uses
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Pieris (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology
See also
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Pieris Kurundu, a type 7 cinnamon of the ''Cinnamomum verum'' variety
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Peiris
Peiris, Peries or Pieris ( Sinhalese: පීරිස්) is a surname attributed to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. It is a common surname in the coastal regions of the island nation.
The name originated from the Portuguese surname Peres, ...
, a surname
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Pierian Spring, the metaphorical source of knowledge about art and science
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