Cydonia

Translingual

Cydonia oblonga

Etymology

From Latin Cydonia, a partial calque from Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion, “quince”, literally “Cydonian apple”).

Proper noun

Cydonia f

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

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Maleae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cydonia oblonga - sole accepted extant species

Derived terms

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

References

• Quince on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cydonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cydonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cydonia Mensae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cydonia at Plants of the World Online

English

Alternative forms

• Kydonia, Cydonea

Etymology

From Latin Cydonia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía), q.v.

Proper noun

Cydonia

1. (historical) Former name of Chania, a city on the island of Crete, Greece.
2. (historical) A former state on the island of Crete around the city.

Anagrams

• cyanido, dicyano

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cydōnēa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía), q.v.

Proper noun

Cydōnia f sg (genitive Cydōniae); first declension

1. (historical) Cydonia (an ancient city on the island of Crete, Greece)
2. (inexact) Synonym of Chania, Chania (a city on the island of Crete, Greece, at the site of the ancient Cydonia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cydōnia
Genitive	Cydōniae
Dative	Cydōniae
Accusative	Cydōniam
Ablative	Cydōniā
Vocative	Cydōnia
Locative	Cydōniae

Descendants

• English: Cydonia
• Translingual: Cydonia

References

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