See also: Zenóbia and Zenobią

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Etymology

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Proper noun

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Zenobia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – honeycups.

Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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Descendants

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  • French: zénobie

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin Zenobia, from Ancient Greek Ζηνοβία (Zēnobía), name of a third century Queen of Palmyra. Ostensibly from Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), but also suggested to be a rendering of the Arabic زَيْنَب (zaynab, Zaynab). First recorded as an English given name in Cornwall in 1586.

Proper noun

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Zenobia

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 1880, Benjamin Disraeli, Endymion:
      "I shall always think," said Zenobia, "that Lord Liverpool went much too far, though I never said so in his time; for I always uphold my friends."
    • 1946, P. G. Wodehouse, Joy in the Morning, Overlook Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 12:
      This Zenobia ("Nobby") Hopwood was old Worplesdon's ward, as I believe it is called. A pal of his, just before he stopped ticking over some years previously, had left him in charge of his daughter.
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Italian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ζηνοβία (Zēnobía).

Proper noun

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Zenobia f

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

Anagrams

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Occitan

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Proper noun

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Zenobia f (Gascony)

  1. A female given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Zenobia

Further reading

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  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 157.

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Zenobia, from Ancient Greek Ζηνοβία (Zēnobía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zɛˈnɔ.bja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbja
  • Syllabification: Ze‧no‧bia

Proper noun

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Zenobia f (male equivalent Zenobiusz)

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Zenobia in Polish dictionaries at PWN