Zenobia

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/5/2022, 10:13 PM	Mike C	update #112
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
2/4/2020, 9:06 PM	Mike C	update #107
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
2/28/2019, 2:08 PM	Mike C	update #102
5/31/2018, 2:36 PM	Mike C	update #99
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
7/27/2015, 11:23 PM	Mike C	update #90
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Ancient Greek [1]

Scripts Ζηνοβία(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced Pron. /zdɛː.no.bí.aː/(Classical Greek) /zə.ˈnoʊ.bi.ə/(English)

Meaning & History

Means "life of Zeus", derived from Greek Ζηνός (Zenos) meaning "of Zeus" and βίος (bios) meaning "life". This was the name of the queen of the Palmyrene Empire, which broke away from Rome in the 3rd-century and began expanding into Roman territory. She was eventually defeated by the emperor Aurelian. Her Greek name was used as an approximation of her native Aramaic name.