Ausonia Explained

Ausonia is the ancient Greek name for lower Italy, extended poetically to all Italy.

Ausonia may also refer to:

Person

• Auson (king), son of Odysseus, from which Ausonia in Italy took its name

Places

Argentina

• Ausonia, Argentina, a community in General San Martín Department, Córdoba

Italy

• Ausonia, Lazio, a comune in the province of Frosinone
• Ausona (ancient city), the ancient capital of the Ausones

Mars

• Ausonia Mensa, a geographical feature on the planet Mars
• Ausonia Montes, a mountain on Mars

Ships

• German aircraft carrier I (1915), a German aircraft carrier
• RMS Ausonia, a 1921 British ocean liner
• SS Ausonia (1956), an Italian cruise ship
• MS Cruise Ausonia, a 2002 fast Ro-Pax jumbo ferry

Sports

• U.S. Ausonia Spezia, an Italian football (soccer) team
• , football club

Organizations

• Arbora & Ausonia, a Portuguese/Spanish company specialized in hygiene products
• Lega Sud Ausonia, an Italian political party

Other uses

• Ausonia family, asteroids
  • 63 Ausonia, an asteroid

See also

• Ausones
• Aurunci
• Ausenium
• Ausonius (310–395)