xenia

Meanings

1. The concept of hospitality to strangers.
2. The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.

1. A coral of the genus Xenia of photosynthetic soft marine corals with many-branched arms which pulse and push water around the coral.

1. plural of xenium

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek of mainly historical use in English.
2. A village in Illinois.
3. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
4. A city, the county seat of Greene County, Ohio.

Etymology

Etymology tree 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”).