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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
Many names beginning with the root Theo-derive from the Ancient Greek word theos (θεός), which means God, [1] for example: . Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, Theophano and Theoxena
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.
The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...
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 ...
Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the Greek: Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah (Hebrew: חַנָּה, romanized: Ḥannāh), meaning "favour" or "grace". ...