"Xenophanes" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /zɛˈnɒfəniːz/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ξενοφάνης (Xenophánēs). The name means “of foreign appearance” and is composed of ξένος (xénos, “foreign”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|Ξενοφάνης|}} Ancient Greek Ξενοφάνης (Xenophánēs), {{m|grc|ξένος||foreign}} ξένος (xénos, “foreign”), {{m|grc|φαίνω||appear}} φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Xenophanes
  1. A Greek given name. Categories (topical): Ancient Greece, Individuals Translations (a Greek philosopher and a poet): Ξενοφάνης (Xenophánēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Քսենոփանես (Kʿsenopʿanes) (Armenian), জিনোফেনিস (jinōpheniś) (Bengali), Ксенофан (Ksenofan) (Bulgarian), 色诺芬尼 (Chinese Mandarin), Xenophanes (Dutch), Ksenofanes (Finnish), Xénophane (French), Xenophanes (German), Ξενοφάνης (Xenofánis) (Greek), Senofane (Italian), クセノパネス (kusenopanesu) (Japanese), 크세노파네스 (keusenopaneseu) (Korean), Xenophanes (Latin), Ksenofans (Latvian), Ksenofanas (Lithuanian), Քսենոփանէս (Kʿsenopʿanēs) (Old Armenian), Ksenofanes (Polish), Xenófanes (Portuguese), Xenofan (Romanian), Ксенофа́н (Ksenofán) [masculine] (Russian), Xenofanes (Slovak), Ksenofan (Slovene), Jenófanes (Spanish), Ksenofanes (Turkish), Ксенофан (Ksenofan) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Xenophanes-en-name-vqQmhsDs Disambiguation of Ancient Greece: 52 48 Disambiguation of Individuals: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Philosophers Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Philosophers: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'a Greek philosopher and a poet': 92 8
  2. The pre-Socratic philosopher Xenophanes of Colophon; by extension or reference, any profound or transformative religious thinker. Categories (topical): Ancient Greece, Individuals, Philosophy Derived forms: Xenophanean, Xenophanic
    Sense id: en-Xenophanes-en-name-8vXlpD3F Disambiguation of Ancient Greece: 52 48 Disambiguation of Individuals: 50 50 Disambiguation of Philosophy: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Philosophers Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Philosophers: 55 45

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