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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cynthia \Cynthia\ n. (Classical mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana.
Syn: Artemis.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. proper name, also "the Moon," from Latin Cynthia dea "the Cynthian goddess," epithet of Artemis/Diana, said to have been born on Mt. Cynthus on Delos.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context poetic English) The moon, personified. 2 (given name female from=Ancient Greek).
WordNet
Wikipedia
Cynthia is a feminine given name of Greek origin: Κυνθία, Kynthía, "from Mount Cynthus" on Delos island. It can be abbreviated as Cindy or as Cyndy. There are various spellings for this name.
Cynthia was originally an epithet of the Greek goddess of the moon, Artemis, who according to legend, was born on Mount Cynthus. Selene, the Greek personification of the Moon, and the Roman Diana (by way of their identification with Artemis) were also sometimes called "Cynthia".
Cynthia is a feminine given name.
It may also refer to:
- Cynthia (Gaba girl), American plaster mannequin of the 1930s
- Cynthia (butterfly), a subgenus of the genus Vanessa
- Cynthia (telenovela), a Mexican telenovela
- Krigia biflora, known as the Two-Flowered Cynthia
- HMS Cynthia, the name of five ships of the Royal Navy, and a sixth which was never completed
- Cynthia Peninsula, a peninsula in northeastern Ontario, Canada
- Cynthia, Alberta, a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada
- A.S.D. Cynthia 1920, an Italian football club
- "Cynthia", a song by Bruce Springsteen from the box set Tracks
- Cynthia (film) (1947), starring Elizabeth Taylor
Cynthia was a plaster mannequin of the 1930s created by Lester Gaba.
Cynthia Todino (born May 6, 1968), known simply as Cynthia, is an American freestyle and dance-pop singer. Cynthia is best remembered for her hits "Dreamboy/Dreamgirl" (with Johnny O), "Break Up to Make Up" and "If I Had the Chance", which peaked at numbers 53, 70 and 83 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. In 2005, she recorded a duet piece with Lisette Melendez entitled "I Can't Change Your Mind".
Cynthia is the debut album of freestyle music singer Cynthia, released in 1989 by record label Micmac Records. The album includes the singles "Thief of Heart", "Endless Night" and "Change on Me", the latter reaching No. 37 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
Cynthia is a 1947 film starring Mary Astor, Elizabeth Taylor and George Murphy. The screenplay, by Harold Buchman and Charles Kaufman, was based on the play The Rich, Full Life by Viña Delmar.
Cynthia, is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and originally transmitted by Telesistema Mexicano.
Usage examples of "cynthia".
I kiss thy hands, divinest Arete, And vow myself to thee, and Cynthia.
Moslem law courts attached to the Great Mosque of Tunis and from an extremely respected and well-to-do Tunis beylical family, and yet the Khaznadar villa always reminded Cynthia Guffin of a small, rather lackadaisically kept English country vicarage.
Cynthia Carson Mackenzie, with ends of blond hair leaking past the metal-and-leather cheekpieces of her bowl helmet.
Derek and Sabrina had trouble containing cir excitement after leaving Cynthia Conroy.
Cynthia Cornball, a 49-year-old Bay Area artist, the idea of painting as an accumulative, notational process paralleling the mundaneness, tragedies and passing thoughts of every-day life is initially quite engaging.
Of course, it is always possible to raise objections to archeological dates, and Cynthia Irwin-Williams did so in a letter responding to Steen-Mclntyre, Fryxell, and Malde.
Damon Julian went in front, walking through the narrow gaslit streets arm in arm with Cynthia, wearing a private ghost of a smile as he regarded the iron balconies, the gates opening on courtyards with their flambeaux and their fountains, the gas lamps atop iron poles.
Kilrane said, and Geronimo and Cynthia could plainly detect the sadness in his voice.
She would always wonder if Miss Greenaway were his mistress or if he still loved Cynthia Lennard.
Roscoe with Bethel, Mahala with the scornful Cynthia, Harry Mihick and Bruce Pasture, Iris Pentire and Maggie Sample.
The Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus, edited by Cynthia Sternau and Martin H.
Meyers, Sally Mitchell, Ellen Moody, Barbara Mortimer, Jess Nevins, Rosemary Oakeshott, Judy Oberhausen, Jeanne Peterson, Sian Preece, Angela Richardson, Cynthia Rogerson, Mario Rups, Herb Schlossberg, Barbara Schulz, Malcolm Shifrin, Helen Simpson, Carolyn Smith, Rebecca Steinitz, Matthew Sweet, Ruth Symes, Carol L.
I imagine that acquain tances of our widows merely think how nice that Maude or Cynthia keeps so busy--whist, Tuesday after work, Thursday e ,,- , y noons, committee ity on weekends.
Tonight was a nonsinging night and Cynthia would stay with Karen, her husband taking care of their one child still at home.
For some months Miss Cynthia Badlam, who, as was said, had been an habitual visitor at The Poplars, had lived there as a permanent resident.