Zenobia

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Zenobia

/zəˈnəʊ.bi.ə/ UK
/zəˈnoʊ.bi.ə/ US

Rhymes with -əʊbiə

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

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."

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name female given name

Español	Zenobia
Português	Zenóbia
Français	Zénobie
Deutsch	Zenobia
Italiano	Zenobia
Ελληνικά	Ζηνοβία Zinovía
Русский	Зенобия Zenobija

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"Zenobia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zenobia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Zenobia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zenobia

Chicago

"Zenobia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zenobia.

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@misc{zenobia_2026,
  title = {Zenobia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zenobia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}