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Definition: Cynthia |
CynthiaNoun1. (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Cynthia" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a woman of Kynthos". |
Date "Cynthia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Cynthia The moon; a surname of Artemis or Diana. The Roman Diana, who represented the moon, was called Cynthia from Mount Cynthus, where she was born. "And from embattled clouds emerging slow, Cynthia came riding on her silver car." Beattie: Minstrel. Cynthia. Pope, speaking of the inconstant character of woman, "matter too soft a lasting mark to bear," says - "Come, then, the colours and the ground prepare! Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air; Choose a firm cloud, before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of the minute." Epistle ii. 17-20. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: CynthiaSynonym: Artemis (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Changeableness | Moon, Proteus, chameleon, quicksilver, shifting sands, harlequin, Cynthia of the minute, April showers; wheel of Fortune; transientness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cynthia |
| English words defined with "Cynthia": ailanthus silkworm ♦ Samia cynthia. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | One more word out of you, Cynthia, and you're fired (Edtv; writing credit: Émile Gaudreault; Sylvie Bouchard) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cynthia 30 Is a Dangerous Age (1968) Intimate Portrait: Cynthia Nixon (2002) El Misterio de Cynthia Baird (1985) The Initiation of Cynthia (1985) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Lieutenant Cynthia McFee checking the distances to major cities Mileage indicator at the South Pole Lieutenant McFee was the third woman to winter over at the South Pole. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Trade | Ireland | Further information is available from Ms. Cynthia Duncan, Marketing Manager, U.S. Council for International Business, 21st Floor, 1212 Sixth Avenue, 48 Street, New York, NY 10036, phone: (212) 354-4480, fax: (212) 575-0327, website: www.uscib.org. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cynthia" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.35% of the time. "Cynthia" is used about 182 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 98.35% | 179 | 23,133 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.1% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 182 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Cynthia" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cynthia | First name Female | 469,000 | 28 |
| Cynthia | Last name | 130 | 64,777 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Cynthia" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a woman of Kynthos". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Cynthia." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Cindy | Female | English | Cynthia |
| Cyndi | Female | English | Cynthia |
| Cynthia | Female | English | N/A |
| Cinzia | Female | Italian | Cynthia |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "Cynthia": cynthia moth ♦ Cynthia or Halocynthia pyriformis ♦ Cynthia pyriformis ♦ Philosamia cynthia ♦ Philosomia cynthia ♦ Samia cynthia. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cynthia wood mitchell pavilion | 340 | arroyo cynthia | 53 |
cynthia | 339 | cynthia rothrock nude | 52 |
cynthia nixon | 333 | cynthia wood | 50 |
cynthia myers | 256 | city cynthia sex | 49 |
cynthia rothrock | 252 | cynthia meyers | 49 |
cynthia watros | 231 | cynthia geary | 46 |
cynthia mcfadden | 190 | nude cynthia nixon | 41 |
cynthia nixon nixoncynthia | 188 | cynthia clawson | 40 |
cynthia pavilion wood | 136 | cynthia lamontagne | 40 |
cynthia rowley | 120 | cynthia scurtis | 38 |
cynthia gibb | 119 | cynthia stevenson | 37 |
cynthia kereluk | 117 | cynthia voigt | 36 |
cynthia rylant | 79 | cynthia mitchell wood | 34 |
cynthia brimhall | 75 | cynthia steffe | 31 |
cynthia cooper | 65 | cynthia dale | 28 |
cynthia daniel | 62 | cynthia nude watros | 27 |
cynthia rhodes | 60 | cynthia garrett | 26 |
cynthia preston | 57 | cynthia lennon | 25 |
cynthia mckinney | 57 | bridge cynthia | 25 |
cynthia paul | 55 | cynthia rowley watch | 24 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Cynthia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Hënë (Monday, moon, Phoebe). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Луната (Phoebe). (various references) | |
Chinese | 辛西亚. (various references) | |
Czech | Jméno (appellation, Daphne, first name, Jocko, name, Nom). (various references) | |
French | philosomia cynthia (philosomia cynthia), bombyx de l'ailante (Philosomia cynthia), Attacus cynthius (Philosomia cynthia). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Cintia. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ynthiacay.(various references) | |
Russian | Ð"иана (Diana). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sintija. (various references) | |
Swedish | Cyntia. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Cynthia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Conthe, Cynth, Cynthie, Scinteia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-n-t-y" | |
-1 letter: canthi, chanty. | |
-2 letters: actin, aitch, antic, canty, chain, chant, china, itchy, natch, yacht. | |
-3 letters: achy, anti, ayin, cain, cant, chat, chay, chia, chin, chit, city, cyan, hant, hint, inch, itch, tach, tain, than, thin, tiny, tyin. | |
-4 letters: act, ain, ait, ani, ant, any, can, cat, cay, chi, hat, hay, hic, hin, hit, ich, icy. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-n-t-y" | |
+1 letter: hyacinth, yachting. | |
+2 letters: hesitancy, hyacinths, thylacine, yachtings. | |
+3 letters: ethnically, inchoately, myasthenic, scathingly, thylacines, unchastity. | |
+4 letters: amphictyony, anthocyanin, chieftaincy, hyacinthine, inhabitancy, myasthenics, mythomaniac, sycophantic, technically, thiocyanate. | |
+5 letters: actinomorphy, amphictyonic, anaphylactic, anthocyanins, antihysteric, antilynching, authenticity, autohypnotic, cartoonishly, chatoyancies, churchianity, cytochalasin, enchantingly, hypnotically, ichthyofauna, inchoatively, intrapsychic, lycanthropic, mythomaniacs, phenotypical, phonetically, photodynamic, saccharinity, scintigraphy, sycophantish, sycophantism, technicality, thiocyanates, uncharitably, unhysterical. | |
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