xenia
/ˈziːniə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A coral of the genus Xenia of photosynthetic soft marine corals with many-branched arms which pulse and push water around the coral.
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek of mainly historical use in English.
name
An unincorporated community in Kansas.
name
A city, the county seat of Greene County, Ohio.
Example Sentences
- "[...] keep things like elegance corals, xenias and other soft corals and polyps that don't need maximum light levels."
- "Corals such as pulsing xenia will be fine if left above the waterline for short amounts of time during water [changes ... I'm fine with] xenias being exposed to air for a relatively brief period."
Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ξενῐ́ᾱ (xenĭ́ā)der. New Latin xeniabor. English xenia Borrowed from New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενῐ́ᾱ (xenĭ́ā, “hospitality”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Xenia, ξενία