Cydonia
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Cydonia /sᵻˈdoʊniə/ may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions
- Kydonia or Cydonia, an ancient city state on Crete, at modern Chania
- Cydonia (see), a Latin Catholic titular see, reviving the Italian curiate name of the former diocese of La Canea at the above city Chania
Science
- Astronomy
- Cydonia (region of Mars), a region of the planet Mars known for the so-called "Face on Mars"
- 1106 Cydonia, an asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
- Biology and horticulture
- Cydonia, a monotypic genus of flowering plants in family Rosaceae, containing only the fruit tree Cydonia oblonga (quince), which produces a yellow, pear-like, aromatic fruit
Mythology and arts
- Cydonia (goddess), a surname of the ancient Greek goddess Athena
- Music
- Cydonia (album), a 2001 album by The Orb
- Knights of Cydonia, a song by British rock band Muse
- Hunting & Gathering (Cydonia), a song by American metal band Sunn O)))
- Beneath the Crimson Vaults of Cydonia a song by British symphonic black metal band Bal-Sagoth
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