Xenia may refer to:

People

Xenia (name) Xenia (variants include Ksenia, Ksenija, Kseniya; derived from Greek ξενία '' xenia'', "hospitality") is a female given name. The below sections list notable people with one of the variants of this given name. Related names include ''Oksan ...

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

Places

United States

''listed alphabetically by state'' * Xenia, Illinois, a village in Clay County ** Xenia Township, Clay County, Illinois * Xenia, 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. In its early years, the community was the site of one of the few bridges across the Iowa River in H ...

, an unincorporated community * Xenia, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Bourbon County *

Xenia, Missouri Xenia is an extinct community in Nodaway County, Missouri, in the United States. The exact location of Xenia is unknown to the GNIS. A post office called Xenia was established in 1857, and remained in operation until 1872. The name is a transfer ...

, an extinct community *

Xenia, Ohio Xenia ( ) is a city in southwestern Ohio and the county seat of Greene County, Ohio, United States. It is east of Dayton and is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Miami Valley region. The name comes from the Greek ...

, 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 2010 census, the population was 6,537. Geography Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships: * Miami Township - north * C ...

Elsewhere

* Xenia Hill, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Hospitality

Xenia (Greek) Xenia ( el, ξενία) is an 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. Hi ...

, the ancient Greek concept of hospitality, translated as "guest-friendship" ** ''Xenia'' motif, the representation of a host's generosity to his guests * Xenia (hotel), a now-defunct chain of state-owned hotels in Greece * Xenia Hotels & Resorts, 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 botanis ...

, pollen effects on seeds and fruits * ''

Hypolycaena xenia ''Hypolycaena xenia'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1895. It is found in southern Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda ...

'', 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, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conve ...

'', a species of fruit flies * ''

Phyllocnistis xenia ''Phyllocnistis xenia'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Great Britain to Bulgaria and from Poland to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. The wingspan is 6–7 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August and aga ...

'', 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 w ...

, an American car *

Daihatsu Xenia The Toyota Avanza and Daihatsu Xenia are cars developed by Daihatsu and marketed by both Toyota and Daihatsu. It is a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) and mainly sold with three-row seating. The Avanza and Xenia were developed as an entry-level ...

or Toyota Avanza, a mini MPV * 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 in 1907 by August Kopff. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation ''1907 XN''. References External links * * Background asteroids Xeni ...

, an asteroid * ''Xenia'' (film), a 2014 Greek film *

Xenia (band) Xenia was a Yugoslavian pop rock band from Rijeka, active in period 1981–1985 in Yugoslavia. Their discography includes two 7-inch singles singles and two studio albums. Biography The band was formed in 1981 by Vesna Vrandečić and Rober ...

, a former Yugoslav band * ''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 poet from Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of ''Epigrams'', published in Rome between AD 86 an ...

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 German orchidologist of the 19th century. His father Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (author of ''Icones Florae Germanicae et Hel ...

& Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin