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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, 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, an unincorporated community * Xenia, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Bourbon County * Xenia, Missouri, 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), 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 botani ...

, pollen effects on seeds and fruits * '' Hypolycaena xenia'', a species of butterfly * '' Paratephritis xenia'', a species of fruit flies * '' Phyllocnistis xenia'', a species of moth

Vehicles

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

Other uses

* 625 Xenia, 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, 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