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People

Xenia (name) Xenia (variants include Ksenia, Kseniia, Ksenija, Kseniya; derived from Greek language, Greek wikt:ξενία, ξενία ''Xenia (Greek), xenia'', "hospitality") is a female given name. The below sections list notable people with one of the vari ...

, a feminine given name; includes a list of people with this name

Places

United States

''listed alphabetically by state'' *

Xenia, Illinois Xenia ( ) is a village in Clay County, Illinois, United States. The population was 380 at the 2020 census. Geography Xenia is located in southwestern Clay County at (38.6373694, -88.6374130). U.S. Route 50 passes to the north of the village, l ...

, a village in Clay County ** Xenia Township, Clay County, Illinois *

, a city in Logan County now known as Atlanta * Xenia, Indiana, a town in Miami County now known as Converse * Xenia, Dallas County, Iowa, an unincorporated community *

Xenia, Hardin County, Iowa Secor, previously known as Xenia and Delanti, is a ghost town in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. The community was south-southeast of Eldora, Iowa, Eldora. In its early years, the community was the site of one of the few bridges across the I ...

, an unincorporated community *

Xenia, Kansas Xenia ( ) is an unincorporated area in Franklin Township, Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. History Settling in the Xenia area in 1856, the year after Bourbon County was organized in 1855, were John Van Syckle, Samuel Stephenson and Charle ...

, an unincorporated community in Bourbon County *

Xenia, Missouri Xenia is an extinct community in Nodaway County, Missouri, in the United States. Xenia was located northeast of Maryville, east of the One Hundred and Two River, but the exact location of Xenia is unknown to the GNIS. The name is a transfer fro ...

, an extinct community *

Xenia, Ohio Xenia ( ) is a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located in southwestern Ohio, it is east of Dayton, Ohio, Dayton and is part of the Greater Dayton, Dayton metropolitan area as well as the Miami Valley region. As o ...

, a city in Greene County **

Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio Xenia Township ( ) is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,742. Geography Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships: * Miami Township - nor ...

Elsewhere

* Xenia Hill, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Hospitality

Xenia (Greek) Xenia ( ) is an Ancient Greeks, ancient Greek concept of hospitality. It is almost always translated as 'guest-friendship' or 'ritualized friendship'. It is an institutionalized relationship rooted in generosity, gift exchange, and reciprocity. H ...

, the ancient Greek concept of hospitality, translated as "guest-friendship" ** ''Xenia'' motif, the representation of a host's generosity to his guests *

Xenia (hotel) Xenia (Ξενία) was a nationwide hotel construction program initiated by the Hellenic Tourism Organisation (Ελληνικός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού, E.O.T.) to improve the country's tourism infrastructure in the 1960s and 1 ...

, a now-defunct chain of state-owned hotels in Greece *

Xenia Hotels & Resorts Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that invests in hotels. As of December 31, 2019, it owned 39 hotels comprising 11,245 rooms. History In 2014, the company was formed as a corporate spin-off of InvenTrust Properties. ...

, an Orlando-based hotel company

Nature

* ''Xenia'' (coral), a genus of coral *

Xenia (plants) Xenia (also known as the xenia effect) in plants is the effect of pollen on seeds and fruit of the fertilized plant. The effect is separate from the contribution of the pollen towards the next generation. The term was coined in 1881 by the botani ...

, pollen effects on seeds and fruits * '' Hypolycaena xenia'', a species of butterfly * ''

Paratephritis xenia ''Paratephritis xenia'' is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus '' Paratephritis'' of the family Tephritidae. Distribution China, Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as ...

'', a species of fruit flies * '' Phyllocnistis xenia'', a species of moth

Vehicles

Xenia (automobile) The Xenia was an American cyclecar designed by P. E. Hawkins of Cleveland and manufactured in Xenia, Ohio in 1914. The factory was Fred Baldner's machine shop, in which Baldner manufactured his own car from 1900 to 1903. The Model 14A was b ...

, an American car *

Daihatsu Xenia The Toyota Avanza and Daihatsu Xenia are a series of multi-purpose vehicles (MPV) developed by Daihatsu and marketed by both Toyota and Daihatsu, mainly sold with three-row seating. The Avanza and Xenia were developed as an entry-level MPV mar ...

or Toyota Avanza, a multi-purpose vehicle * USS ''Xenia'' (AKA-51), an ''Artemis''-class attack transport

Other uses

625 Xenia 625 Xenia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by August Kopff in Heidelberg, Germany, on 11 February 1907. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation ''1907 XN''. See also * USS ''Xenia'', a U.S. ...

, an asteroid *

Xenia (band) Xenia was a Yugoslav pop rock band from Rijeka, active from 1981 to 1985. Their discography includes two 7-inch singles singles and two studio albums. Biography The band was formed in 1981 by Vesna Vrandečić and Robert Funčić. Their debut ...

, a former Yugoslav band *

Xenia College Xenia College (earlier names: Xenia Female Academy, Xenia Female Seminary and Collegiate Institute, Xenia Female College) was an American educational institution located in Xenia, Ohio. Established as a private school, its management shifted after ...

, defunct institution in Xenia, Ohio, U.S. * ''Xenia'' (film), a 2014 Greek film * ''Xenia'', a book of epigrams by

Martial Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman and Celtiberian poet born in Bilbilis, Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of '' Epigrams'', pu ...

intended to accompany gifts * ''Xenia Orchidacea'', a book in three volumes published 1858–1900, by

Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Dresden, 3 January 1823 – Hamburg, 6 May 1889) was a botanist and the foremost Germany, German orchidologist of the 19th century. His father Ludwig Reichenbach, Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (author of ''Ico ...

& Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin *

1974 Xenia tornado The 1974 Xenia tornado was a violent, large and extremely powerful Fujita scale, F5 tornado that destroyed a large portion of Xenia, Ohio, Xenia and Wilberforce, Ohio, Wilberforce, Ohio, United States in Greater Dayton, Metro Dayton on the after ...

, a severe tornado that affected Xenia and Wilberforce, Ohio