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 Converse is a town in Richland Township, Grant County and Jackson Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,265 at the 2010 census. History Converse was originally called Xenia, and under the latter name was la ...

, a town in Miami County now known as Converse *

Xenia, Dallas County, Iowa Xenia ( ) is an unincorporated community in Dallas County, Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is b ...

, 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 Xenia ( ) is an unincorporated community 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 Ch ...

, 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, a city in Greene County ** Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio

Elsewhere

Xenia Hill Xenia Hill is the rocky hill rising to 96 m in the northeast extremity of Half Moon Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It surmounts McFarlane Strait to the north and east, and Menguante Cove to the south-southeast. The area was ...

, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Hospitality

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

Xenia (hotel) {{for, Xenia Hotels & Resorts in Florida, Xenia Hotels & Resorts Xenia (Ξενία) was a nationwide hotel construction program initiated by the Hellenic Tourism Organisation (Ελληνικός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού, E.O.T.) t ...

, 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), 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 and ...

intended to accompany gifts * ''Xenia Orchidacea'', a book in three volumes published 1858–1900, by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach & Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin