Poseidonia en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɒˌsaɪˈdəʊ.ni.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /poʊˌ-/ (General-American)
- /ˌpɑˌsaɪˈdoʊ.ni.ə/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin Poseidonia, from Ancient Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía); or directly from Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidonía). From Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn) + -ία (-ía). Equivalent to Poseidon + -ia.
Meanings
- (historical) A placename: ▸ Former name of Paestum: a village in Campania, Italy. ▸ Ancient name of Paestum: a former colony in Magna Graecia, in the region of Campania on the Italian Peninsula.
- (historical) A placename: ▸ Former name of Paestum: a village in Campania, Italy. ▸ Former name of Paestum: an ancient city in Campania, province of Italia, Roman Empire.
- (historical) A placename: ▸ Ancient name of Basaidu: a village in Dulab, Shahab district, Qeshm, Hormozgan Province, Iran.
- (historical) A placename: ▸ Ancient name of Basaidu: a village in Dulab, Shahab district, Qeshm, Hormozgan Province, Iran. ▸ A former village in Persia, Macedonia.
- (Greek) A placename: ▸ Synonym of Athens, from the myth The Gift of Athena about the origin of Athens.
- A placename: ▸ A village and former commune of the island of Syros, Greece.
- A placename: ▸ A harbour in Isthmus of Corinth, Greece, on the western end of the Corinth Canal.
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Posidonia, a genus of seagrass
alt of Posidonia
- (historical) An Ancient Greek festival celebrating Poseidon.
Relateds
Synonyms
Athens · from the myth The Gift of Athena about the origin of Athens
Translations (11)
el Ποσειδωνία (Festival of Poseidon) · la Poseidonia (Poseidonia, Calabria, Italian Peninsula) · grc Ποσειδωνία (Translations) · la Poseidonia (Festival of Poseidon) · el Ποσειδωνία (Translations) · la Poseidonia (Translations) · el Ποσειδωνία (harbour) · grc Ποσειδωνία (Festival of Poseidon) · el Ποσειδωνία (Poseidonia, Calabria, Italian Peninsula) · el Ποσειδωνία (Poseidonia, Syros, Cyclades, Greece) · grc Ποσειδωνία (Poseidonia, Calabria, Italian Peninsula)