Cydonia

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin Cydonia, a partial calque from Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion, “quince”, literally “Cydonian apple”). === Proper noun === Cydonia f A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – quince. (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): Pseuocydonia, Docynia (surface feature): Cydonia Mensae === References === Quince on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cydonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category: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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /saɪˈdəʊ.ni.ə/, /sɪˈ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /saɪˈdoʊ.ni.ə/, /sɪˈ-/ Rhymes: -əʊniə === Proper noun === Cydonia (historical) Former name of Chania: a city on the island of Crete, Greece. (historical) A former state on the island of Crete around the city. === See also === === Anagrams === cyanido, dicyano == Latin == === Alternative forms === Cydōnēa === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía), q.v. === Proper noun === Cydōnia f sg (genitive Cydōniae); first declension (historical) Cydonia (an ancient city on the island of Crete, Greece) (inexact, New Latin) Chania (a city on the island of Crete, Greece, at the site of the ancient Cydonia) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== 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.