Cydonia

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

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.

• (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

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

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

• 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

• Kydonia, Cydonea

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

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.

• cyanido, dicyano

• Cydōnēa

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

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)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• English: Cydonia
• Translingual: Cydonia

• “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.