Zenobia (disambiguation) explained

Zenobia (c. 240–272) was Queen of the Palmyrene Empire.

Zenobia may also refer to:

People

• 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

• 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

• , 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

• Halabiye or Zenobia, now an archaeological site, Syria
• Zenobia, Illinois, an unincorporated community, United States
• 840 Zenobia, an asteroid

Other uses

• 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

• L. Zenobia Coleman (1898-1999), American librarian

People with the given name

• 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

See also

• Zenobios (disambiguation)