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Cynthia

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Cynthia,
1. a name for Artemis or Diana, from Mount Cynthus in Delos, where Artemis was born, and used poetically to denote the Moon;

2. the name given by the Roman poet Propertius to his mistress;

3. deriving from (1), a name used by Spenser (in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe), Ralegh, and others to denote Elizabeth I as virgin moon-goddess;

4. in Congreve's The Double Dealer, the daughter of Sir Paul Plyant, affianced to Mellefont;

5. in Mrs Gaskell's Wives and Daughters, Cynthia Kirkpatrick, stepsister of Molly Gibson.

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Cynthia

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Cynthia ♀ From Greek Kynthia, an epithet applied to the goddess Artemis, who was supposed to have been born on Mount Kynthos on the island of Delos. The mountain name is of pre-Greek origin. Cynthia was later used by the Roman poet Propertius as the name of the woman to whom he addressed his love poetry. The English given name was not used in the Middle Ages, but dates from the classical revival of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Pet form: Cindy.

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Cynthia

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Cynthia a name for Artemis or Diana, from Mount Cynthus in Delos, where Artemis was born, and used poetically to denote the moon.

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Cynthia

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Cynthia •astrantia • Bastia •Dei gratia, hamartia •poinsettia •in absentia, Parmentier •Izvestia •meteor, wheatear •Whittier • cottier • Ostia •consortia, courtier •protea • Yakutia • frontier • Althea •Anthea • Parthia •Pythia, stichomythia •Carinthia, Cynthia •forsythia • Scythia • clothier • salvia •Latvia • Yugoslavia • envier •Flavia, Moldavia, Moravia, Octavia, paviour (US pavior), Scandinavia, Xavier •Bolivia, Livia, Olivia, trivia •Sylvia • Guinevere • Elzevir •Monrovia, Segovia •Retrovir • effluvia • colloquia •Goodyear • yesteryear • brassiere •Abkhazia •Anastasia, aphasia, brazier, dysphasia, dysplasia, euthanasia, fantasia, Frazier, glazier, grazier, gymnasia, Malaysia •amnesia, anaesthesia (US anesthesia), analgesia, freesia, Indonesia, Silesia, synaesthesia •artemisia, Kirghizia, Tunisia •ambrosia, crozier, hosier, osier, symposia

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