Poseidonia

Meanings

1. A placename:
2. Former name of Paestum: a village in Campania, Italy.
3. Ancient name of Paestum: a former colony in Magna Graecia, in the region of Campania on the Italian Peninsula.
4. Former name of Paestum: an ancient city in Campania, province of Italia, Roman Empire.
5. Ancient name of Basaidu: a village in Dulab, Shahab district, Qeshm, Hormozgan Province, Iran.
6. A former village in Persia, Macedonia.
7. Synonym of Athens, from the myth The Gift of Athena about the origin of Athens.
8. A village and former commune of the island of Syros, Greece.
9. A harbour in Isthmus of Corinth, Greece, on the western end of the Corinth Canal.
10. Alternative form of Posidonia, a genus of seagrass
11. An Ancient Greek festival celebrating Poseidon.

Etymology

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

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