Poseidonia

Poseidonia

See also: poseidonia

English

Etymology

From Latin Poseidonia, from Ancient Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía); or directly from Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidonía). From Ποσειδων (Poseidon)+ία (ía). Equivalent to Poseidon +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Poseidonia

1. (geography) A placename
   1. Former name of Paestum. A village in Campania, Italy
      1. (historical) Synonym of Paestum A colony of Campania, Italian Peninsula, Magna Graecia
      2. (historical) Former name of Paestum. A city in Campania, Italia, Roman Empire
   2. (dated) Synonym of Basaidu A village in Dulab, Shahab district, Qeshm, Hormozgan, Iran
      1. (historical) A village in Persia, Macedonia
   3. (mythology) Synonym of Athens A city in Greece, from the myth The Gift of Athena about the origin of Athens
   4. A village and former commune of Syros, Cyclades, Aegean, of Greece
   5. A harbour in Isthmus of Corinth, Greece, on the western end of the Corinth Canal
2. (biology) Alternative form of Posidonia, a genus of seagrass
3. (religion, historical) An Ancient Greek festival celebrating Poseidon.

Translations

Translations

Greek: Ποσειδωνία (el) (Poseidonía) Ancient Greek: Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía)

Latin: Poseidonia

Poseidonia, Syros, Cyclades, Greece

Greek: Ποσειδωνία (el) (Poseidonía)

Poseidonia, Calabria, Italian Peninsula

Greek: Ποσειδωνία (el) (Poseidonía) Ancient Greek: Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía)

Latin: Poseidonia

Festival of Poseidon

Greek: Ποσειδωνία (el) (Poseidonía) Ancient Greek: Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía)

Latin: Poseidonia

harbour

Greek: Ποσειδωνία (el) (Poseidonía)

See also

• Posidonia

 

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía) or Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidonía). Equivalent of Poseidon +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Poseidonia

1. (geography) Poseidonia: A placename.
   1. Former name of Paestum. A village in Campania, Italy
      1. (historical) Former name of Paestum. A city in Campania, Italia, Roman Empire
      2. (historical) A colony of Campania, Italian Peninsula, Magna Graecia
   2. A village in Dulab, Shahab district, Qeshm, Hormozgan, Iran
      1. (historical) A village in Persia, Macedonia
   3. A village and former commune of Syros, Cyclades, Aegean, of Greece

Descendants

• English: Poseidonia

See also

• Posidonia