Xenia
//ˈziːniə// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The concept of hospitality to strangers. uncountable
- 2 A coral of the genus Xenia of photosynthetic soft marine corals with many-branched arms which pulse and push water around the coral.
"[...] keep things like elegance corals, xenias and other soft corals and polyps that don't need maximum light levels."
- 3 plural of xenium form-of, plural
- 4 The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm. uncountable
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from Ancient Greek of mainly historical use in English.
- 2 A village in Illinois.
- 3 An unincorporated community in Kansas.
- 4 A city, the county seat of Greene County, Ohio.
Example
More examples"[...] keep things like elegance corals, xenias and other soft corals and polyps that don't need maximum light levels."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενίᾱ (xeníā, “hospitality”).
Etymology 2
From Xenia.
Etymology 3
From the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”). Doublet of Oksana.
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