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It might have originated as a short form of names containing the word element tia or thea. The word tía is coincidentally the Portuguese and Spanish word for aunt. Some parents might have used the name in reference to the alcoholic beverage Tia Maria. Tiana might be an extended version of the name.
Thea may refer to: Thea (name), a given name; Ancient Greek term for goddess, including an alternative spelling of Theia; Thea, the former name of the tea plant genus, now included in Camellia; Thea, a village in the multiple unit Messatida, Achaea, Greece; Thea (award), the annual award from the Themed Entertainment Association
There are various spellings for this name, and it can be abbreviated to Cindy, Cyndi, Cyndy, Cinny, or occasionally to Thea, Tia, or Thia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Cynthia was originally an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis , who according to legend was born on Mount Cynthus on Delos.
Many other names beginning with "Theo-" do not necessarily derive from Greek, but rather the old Germanic "theud", meaning "people" or "folk". [1] These names include: Theobald, Theodahad, Theodard, Theodebert, Theodemir, and Theodoric
Florida Meaning land of flowers, Florida's verdant landscape was discovered by Ponce de León on Easter Sunday. The Pascua Florida holiday in early April commemorates this discovery, during the season when flowers are abundant across Florida. Montana from Latinized Spanish meaning "mountainous", also in Spanish "montaña" is the name of "mountain"
Alethia, Aletheia, Thea, Theia, Tia, Thia, Verity Alice Liddell as the goddess Aletheia , photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1872. Alethea is an English-language female first name derived from the Ancient Greek feminine noun ἀλήθεια , alḗtheia , ' truth '.
Early accounts gave her a primal origin, said to be the eldest daughter of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). [4] She is thus the sister of the Titans (Oceanus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Coeus, Themis, Rhea, Phoebe, Tethys, Mnemosyne, Cronus, and sometimes of Dione), the Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires, the Giants, the Meliae, the Erinyes, and is the half-sister of Aphrodite (in some versions ...