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xenia¹
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενῐ́ᾱ (xenĭ́ā, “hospitality”).
noun
- The concept of hospitality to strangers.
- The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
xenia²
Where it comes from
From Xenia.
noun xenias
- 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.
xenia³
noun
- plural of xenium
Xenia⁴
- /ˈziːniə/
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun Ksenia · Kseniya · Xeniya
- A female given name from Ancient Greek of mainly historical use in English.
- A village in Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Kansas.
- A city, the county seat of Greene County, Ohio.
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Talk about this word "xenia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/xenia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. xenia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/xenia "xenia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/xenia.Cite this
@misc{xenia_2026,
title = {xenia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/xenia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
