Κυδωνία

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See also: κυδωνιά

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek source as Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀈𐀛𐀊 (ku-do-ni-ja).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱ (Kudōníāf (genitive Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Cydonia, Crete, Greece
  2. an epithet of the goddess Athena

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References

  • Κυδώνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007