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Xenia

Xenia

See also: xenia and Xénia

English

Alternative forms

  • Ksenia
  • Kseniya
  • Xeniya

Proper noun

Xenia

  1. A female given name of mainly historical use in English.
  2. A village in Illinois.
  3. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
  4. A city in Ohio.

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Translations


Danish

Proper noun

Xenia

  1. A female given name, cognate to the English Xenia.

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German

Proper noun

Xenia

  1. A female given name, cognate to the English Xenia.

xenia

xenia

See also: Xenia and Xénia

English

Noun

xenia (uncountable)

  1. (classical studies) The concept of hospitality to strangers.
  2. (botany) The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
  3. plural of xenium

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Latin

Noun

xenia

  1. nominative plural of xenium
  2. accusative plural of xenium
  3. vocative plural of xenium

References

  • xenia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • xenia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • xenia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin