Zenobia

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UK/zəˈnəʊ.bi.ə/US/zəˈnoʊ.bi.ə/

proper noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

OriginLatin Zēnobiā ← Ancient Greek Ζηνοβίᾱ ← Arabic زَيْنَب →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    "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."

    1880, Benjamin Disraeli, Endymion
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    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.

    1946, P. G. Wodehouse, Joy in the Morning, Overlook Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 12

Origin

  1. Arabicزَيْنَب“Zaynab”
  2. Ancient GreekΖηνοβίᾱ
  3. LatinZēnobiā
  4. EnglishZenobia

From Latin Zēnobiā, from Ancient Greek Ζηνοβίᾱ (Zēnobíā), 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.

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Translations

Ancient Greek Ζηνοβία
  • Ζηνοβία (Zēnobía)female given name
Dutch Zenobia
  • Zenobiafemale given name
French Zénobie
  • Zénobiefemale given name
German Zenobia
  • Zenobiafemale given name
Greek Ζηνοβία
  • Ζηνοβία (Zinovía)female given name
Hungarian Zenóbia
  • Zenóbiafemale given name
Italian Zenobia
  • Zenobiafemale given name
Latin Zenobia
  • Zenobiafemale given name
Portuguese Zenóbia
  • Zenóbiafemale given name
Russian Зенобия
  • Зенобия (Zenobija)female given name
Spanish Zenobia
  • Zenobiafemale given name
Ukrainian Зиновія
  • Зиновія (Zynovija)female given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Zenobia

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Cite this entry
APA

Zenobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zenobia

MLA

“Zenobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zenobia. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zenobia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zenobia.

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