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Cydonia commonly refers to:
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Cydonia (Mars)
Cydonia (, ) is a region on the planet Mars that has attracted both scientific and popular interest. The name originally referred to the albedo feature (distinctively coloured area) that was visible from earthbound telescopes. The area borders ...
, a region of the planet Mars
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Kydonia
Kydonia ( or ), also known as Cydonia (, ''Kydōnía'') was an ancient city located at the site of present-day Chania near the west end of the island of Crete in Greece. The city is known from archaeological remains dating back to the Minoan e ...
, an ancient settlement at modern Chania in Greece
Cydonia may also refer to:
Music and videogames
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''Cydonia'' (album), a 2001 album by The Orb
* "Cydonia", a track on 1999 Crimson Glory album ''
Astronomica''
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Cydonia: Mars - The First Manned Mission'', a 1998 videogame
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Knights of Cydonia
"Knights of Cydonia" is a song by English rock band Muse. It is the closing track on their fourth studio album, ''Black Holes and Revelations'' (2006), and was released as the third single on 27 November 2006. The title refers to the Cydonia re ...
", a 2006 song by Muse
Places
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Roman Catholic Diocese of La Canea
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Canea or Cidonia (Cydonia ) was a bishopric on Crete, with see at present Chania, and afterward was twice a Latin titular see. , a Latin Catholic titular see on Crete, Greece
Science
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''Cydonia'' (genus), the quince genus of plant in the Rosaceae family
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Cydonia group, a former taxonomic division of the Maleae or apple tribe in the Rosaceae
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1106 Cydonia, an asteroid in the main asteroid belt
Other
* Cydonia, a surname for the ancient Greek goddess
Athena
Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretism, syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarde ...
. She had a temple at
Phrixa
Phrixa () or Phrixae or Phrixai (Φρίξαι) was a town of Triphylia in ancient Elis, situated upon the left bank of the Alpheius, at the distance of 30 stadia from Olympia. It is one of the six cities (along with Lepreum, Macistus, Pyrgus, E ...
in
Elis
Elis also known as Ellis or Ilia (, ''Eleia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it ...
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