Cecropia (disambiguation)

Cecropia is a term derived from the Ancient Greek κέκρωψ (kékrōps, Latinized: cecrops) which means "face with a tail" and refers to the mythical first king of Athens.

"Cecropia" can refer to:

• Cecropia, a genus of trees from the American tropics
• Cecropia, an albedo feature on Mars
• "Cecropia", a short story by Susan Hanniford Crowley, published in Sword and Sorceress XV
• Cecropia or Kekropia (Κεκροπία), an old name for the Acropolis of Athens
• Cecropia moth, the North American moth species Hyalophora cecropia
• Apis mellifera cecropia or Greek bee, a subspecies of the western honey bee
• Cecropians/Cecropia Federation, an alien species and its faction in the Heritage Universe

See also

• Cecrops I
• Cecrops II
• Kekropia