Poseidonia

See also: poseidonia

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Poseidonia

1. A placename:
   1. Former name of Paestum., a village in Campania, Italy.
      1. (historical) Synonym of Paestum, a former colony in Magna Graecia, in the region of Campania on the Italian Peninsula.
      2. (historical) Former name of Paestum., an ancient city in Campania, province of Italia, Roman Empire.
   2. (dated) Synonym of Basaidu, a village in Dulab, Shahab district, Qeshm, Hormozgan, Iran.
      1. (historical) A former village in Persia, Macedonia.
   3. (Greek mythology) Synonym of Athens, from the myth The Gift of Athena about the origin of Athens.
   4. A village and former commune of the island of Syros, 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

• Ancient Greek: Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía)
• Greek: Ποσειδωνία (el) (Poseidonía)
• Latin: Poseidonia

Poseidonia, Syros, Cyclades, Greece

• Greek: Ποσειδωνία (el) (Poseidonía)

Poseidonia, Calabria, Italian Peninsula

• Ancient Greek: Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía)
• Greek: Ποσειδωνία (el) (Poseidonía)
• Latin: Poseidonia

Festival of Poseidon

• Ancient Greek: Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía)
• Greek: Ποσειδωνία (el) (Poseidonía)
• Latin: Poseidonia

harbour

• Greek: Ποσειδωνία (el) (Poseidonía)

See also

• Posidonia

 

Latin

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Poseidonia

1. Poseidonia: A placename.
   1. Former name of Paestum., A village in Campania, Italy
      1. (historical) A former colony in Magna Graecia, in the region of Campania on the Italian Peninsula
   2. A village in Dulab, Shahab district, Qeshm, Hormozgan, Iran
      1. (historical) A former village in Persia, Macedonia
   3. A village and former commune of the island of Syros, Greece

Descendants

• English: Poseidonia

See also

• Posidonia