Seres (Gr. Σῆρες, Lat. Sērēs) was the ancient Greek and Roman name for the inhabitants of the northwestern part of modern China, (in other words modern Xinjiang). It meant "of silk," or people of the "land where silk comes from." The country of the Seres was Serica. The name's thought to derive from the Chinese word for silk, si (Traditional Chinese: 絲; Simplified Chinese: 丝; pinyin: sī). It's itself at the origin of the Latin for "silk", s… (More on Seres)