Evanthia

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proper noun

Former name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey.

OriginGreek Ευανθία ← Latin Evanthia ← Ancient Greek Εὐανθία →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Euanthia

  1. historicalFormer name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey.
  2. A female given name from Greek.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
aydin

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΕὐανθία
  2. LatinEvanthia
  3. GreekΕυανθία
  4. EnglishEvanthia

From Greek Ευανθία (Evanthía) and Latin Evanthia, from Ancient Greek Εὐανθία (Euanthía, from εὐ- (eu-, “good-, well-”) + άνθος (ánthos, “blossom”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia: forming feminine abstract nouns”)). Cognate with Euanthe.

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APA

Evanthia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Evanthia

MLA

“Evanthia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Evanthia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Evanthia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Evanthia.

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