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‫سينثيا‬
‫سينتيا‬
‫سنتھيا‬
Κύνθια
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Cynthia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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".[1]
Contents
Cynthia
Gender
Female
Origin
Word/name Greek
Meaning
from Mount Cynthus
Other names
Related
Cindy, Cyndi, Cyndy, Cindi, Sindy,
names
Synthia, Cinthia, Cintia, Cinzia,
Syendy
1 People with the given name Cynthia (or a variant
thereof)
2 Fictional characters
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
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People with the given name Cynthia (or a variant thereof)
Cynthia or Cindy Bremser (born 1953), American runner
Cintia Dicker (born 1986), Brazilian model
Cynthia Dobrinski (born 1950), handbell composer
Cynthia Gibb (born 1963), American actress
Cynthia Glassman, American economist
Cynthia Gregory (born 1946), American ballerina
Cynthia or Cindy Greiner (born 1957), American heptathlete and long jumper
Cynthia Herrup, American law historian
Cynthia Kenyon, American molecular biologist
Cynthia Tse Kimberlin, American ethnomusicologist
Cynthia Lennon (born 1939), first wife of musician John Lennon
Cynthia McKinney (born 1955), American politician
Cynthia, Christian name of Saori Minami (born 1954), Japanese singer
Lady Cynthia Mosley (1898–1933), British politician
Cynthia Nilson, Argentinian singer and songwriter
Cynthia Nixon (born 1966), American actress
Cynthia Olavarría (born 1982), Puerto Rican model
Cynthia Ortega (born 1956), Dutch politician
Cynthia Ozick (born 1928), American writer
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Cynthia Richards (born 1944), Jamaican singer
Cynthia Deyanira Rodríguez Ruiz (born 1984), Mexican reality TV personality
Cynthia Rothrock (born 1957), American martial artist and actress
Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer
Cynthia Ryder (born 1966), American rower
Amy Elizabeth Thorpe (1910–1963), an American spy codenamed "Cynthia"
Cynthia (Todino), American freestyle singer
Cynthia Valdez (born 1987), Mexican rhythmic gymnast
Cynthia Watros (born 1968), American actress
Cynthia Weil (born 1940), American songwriter
Cynthia Wesley (born 1949), a victim of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Fictional characters
Cynthia, with certain Sonnets, and the legend of Cassandra, panegyric by Richard Barnfield (1574–1620)
Cynthia’s Revels, play by Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
Cynthia (Pokémon), champion of the Sinnoh region in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Cynthia Brisby, a young mouse in the 1982 film The Secret of NIMH
Cynthia Murdoch, character in Agatha Christie's 1916 mystery novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Cynthia Brandon, younger mortal sister of Alice Cullen, a vampire in Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series
Cynthia, Angelica's doll on the cartoon Rugrats
Synthia Schmidt, aka Sin (Marvel Comics), comic book supervillainess
Cynthia was a plaster mannequin of the 1930s created by Lester Gaba.
Cynthia is a playable character in Fire Emblem Awakening
Cynthia Muldoon, character in Tom Stoppard's play The Real Inspector Hound
See also
Cynthia (disambiguation)
Cindy (given name)
Notes
1. Pannen, p. 96 (http://books.google.com/books?id=37CPbHwqPjwC&pg=PA96).
References
Pannen, Imke, When the Bad Bleeds: Mantic Elements in English Renaissance Revenge Tragedy Volume
3 of Representations & Reflections; V&R unipress GmbH, 2010. ISBN 9783899716405
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Κύνθος
Mount Cynthus (Greek: Κύνθος, Kýnthos) is located on the isle of Delos, part of
the Greek Cyclades.
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