# Evanthia

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. Former name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey.
2. A female given name from Greek.

## Etymology
From Greek Ευανθία (Evanthía) and Latin Evanthia, from Ancient Greek Εὐανθία (Euanthía, from εὐ- (eu-, “good-, well-”) + άνθος (ánthos, “blossom”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia: forming feminine abstract nouns”)). Cognate with Euanthe.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/evanthia