Zenobia

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Zenobia f

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

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades; Ericales – order; Ericaceae – family; Vaccinioideae - subfamily; Andromedeae - tribe

• (genus): Zenobia pulverulenta - sole accepted species

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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.

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 Wikipedia has an article on:

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From Ancient Greek Ζηνοβία (Zēnobía).

Zenobia f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

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Zenobia f (Gascony)

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

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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Zenobia

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

• IPA^(key): /zɛˈnɔ.bja/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbja
• Syllabification: Ze‧no‧bia

Zenobia f (male equivalent Zenobiusz)

1. a female given name

• Zenobia in Polish dictionaries at PWN