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Wikispecies

Proper noun

Cydonia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the quince.
2. (planetology) An albedo feature on Mars, famous for the “Face on Mars” formation.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Maleae - tribe

Derived terms

• (genus): Cydonia oblonga
• (surface feature): Cydonia Mensae

English

Alternative forms

• Kydonia

Proper noun

Cydonia

1. An ancient city-state on the Greek island of Crete.

Anagrams

• dicyano

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cydōnēa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κυδωνία ‎(Kudōnía).

Proper noun

Cydōnia f ‎(genitive Cydōniae); first declension

1. Cydonia (ancient city on Crete)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

References

• Cydonia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Cydonia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.