cynthia

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Definition of cynthia in English English dictionary

A female given name

Cynthia, the domestic-minded, looked as dashing as a young commando. It was a pity that her spelling was so bad, but perhaps there was something Elizabethan about her spelling as well as about her name.

given name, female, from Greek

{i} female first name

(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana

Related Terms

Cynthia Ozick

born April 17, 1928, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. novelist and short-story writer. She graduated from New York University and received an M.A. from Ohio State University. She wrote often on Jewish themes, and much of her work presents a struggle with the notion that artistic creation can be a hubristic attempt to rival the Creator. Among these works are Trust (1966), Leviathan (1982), The Messiah of Stockholm (1987), The Shawl (1990), and The Puttermesser Papers (1997). Her essays have been collected in Art & Ardor (1983), Metaphor & Memory (1989), and Fame & Folly (1996)

cynthia moth

large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States; larvae feed on the ailanthus

Hyphenation

Cyn·thi·a

Turkish pronunciation

sînthiı

Pronunciation

/ˈsənᴛʜēə/ /ˈsɪnθiːə/

Etymology

() From an Ancient Greek epithet of the moon goddess Artemis, from the Mount Κύνθος (Cynthus), on Delos island, the center of her worship.