zenobia
/zəˈnoʊ.bi.ə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Example Sentences
- ""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.""
- "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."
Etymology
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /zəˈnoʊ.bi.ə/
- British English: /zəˈnəʊ.bi.ə/