XENIA

Etymology

Proper noun

Xenia

A female given name from Ancient Greek of mainly historical use in English.

A village in Illinois.

An unincorporated community in Kansas.

A city, the county seat of Greene County, Ohio.

Etymology

Noun

xenia

plural of xenium

Noun

xenia (uncountable)

(classical studies) The concept of hospitality to strangers.

(botany) The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.

Source: Wiktionary


XENIUM

Xe"ni*um, n.; pl. Xenia. Etym: [L., from Gr. (Class. Antiq.)

Definition: A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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