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1. (Canada) One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English.
2. (Greek god) The personification of "Wisdom". Daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She was a Titan, but not one of the first twelve Titans. First spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena, goddess of wisdom. She symbolises the divine wisdom.
3. (chiefly Canada) A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Often uncapitalized as metis.
4. (astronomy) A satellite of Jupiter.
5. (astronomy) Short for 9 Metis, a main belt asteroid.