Zenobia (disambiguation)
Zenobia (c. 240–272) was Queen of the Palmyrene Empire.
Zenobia may also refer to:
People
[edit]- Zenobia of Armenia (1st century CE), Queen of Armenia
- Zenobios and Zenobia (d. c. 290), martyrs
- Zenobia Shroff (born 1965), Indian-born American actress
- Zenobia Kloppers (born 1974), Namibian actress and writer
- Zenobia Frost, Australian poet
Fictional characters
[edit]- Zenobia (Conan), in the Conan the Barbarian mythos
- Zenobia, a character in Ethan Frome
- Zenobia, a character in Blithedale Romance
- Zenobia, a character in Blood and Gold
- Zenobia, a villain in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
- Zenobia, a character in Italian Disney comics
- Zenobia, a Rare Blade in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Zenobia Dawson, a character in The Wire season 4
- Zenobia "Nobby" Hopwood, a character in several Jeeves novels and short stories by P. G. Wodehouse
Culture
[edit]- de:Zenobia (Metastasio), libretto by Metastasio set first by Bononcini 1737, then by 24 other composers, including:
- Zenobia (Hasse), one of several operas.
- Zenobia in Palmira, by Leonardo Leo (1694–1744)
- Zenobia, by Luca Antonio Predieri (1688–1767)
- Zenobia, by Louis Adolphe Coerne (1870–1922)
- Zenobia (play), a 1768 play by Arthur Murphy
- Zenobia, an 1837 novel by William Ware
- Zenobia (ballet), a ballet by George Balanchine for Richard Rodgers's 1936 musical On Your Toes
- Zenobia (film), a 1939 American comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas
Places
[edit]- Halabiye or Zenobia, now an archaeological site, Syria
- Zenobia, Illinois, an unincorporated community, United States
- 840 Zenobia, an asteroid
Ships
[edit]Other uses
[edit]- Zenobia (bird), a specific notable bird living in Syria
- Zenobia (plant), a North American genus of shrubs
- Zenobia swallowtail (Papilio zenobia), an African butterfly
People with the middle name
[edit]- L. Zenobia Coleman (1898-1999), American librarian
People with the given name
[edit]- Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956), Spanish-born writer, poet and translator
- Zenobia Galar (born 1958), Dominican painter
- Zenobia Gilpin (c1898–1948), American physician and clubwoman
- Zenobia Kloppers (born 1974), Namibian actress
- Zenobia Powell Perry (1908–2004), American composer
- Zenobia Shroff (born 1965), Indian-American actress