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Zenaida Zénaïde (French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

), or Zinaida is derived from the , Zenais, "of Zeus"

It is a personal name
Personal name
A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and today usually comprises a given name bestowed at birth or at a young age plus a surname. It is nearly universal for a human to have a name; except in rare cases, for example feral children growing up in isolation, or infants...

 used in many cultures used for women. It can also refer (as genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 Zenaida) to the Zenaida doves
Zenaida Doves
The Zenaida doves make up a small genus of American doves. There are 7 species:* White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica* West Peruvian Dove, Zenaida meloda* Zenaida Dove, Zenaida aurita...

, named after Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte.

As a personal name

Zenaida
  • Zenaida (saint), a traditional 1st century Christian saint
    Saint
    A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...

    .
  • Zenaida Beveraggi, "Zeny" of pop music duet Zeny & Zory
    Zeny & Zory
    Zeny y Zory , Las gemelas Beveraggi, , are identical twins and have performed as a pop-music duet since the age of 15. Zeny is currently managing her daughter, Sol Carbone, create her first music album.- Early years:The twins were born in Santurce, Puerto Rico)...

  • Zenaida Moya
    Zenaida Moya
    Zenaida Victoria Moya is a former government official and the mayor of Belize City, Belize elected in elections held in March 2006. She is a member of the United Democratic Party . She is Belize City's first female mayor.-Childhood and education:...

    , mayor of Belize City
    Belize City
    Belize City is the largest city in the Central American nation of Belize. Unofficial estimates place the population of Belize City at 70,000 or more. It is located at the mouth of the Belize River on the coast of the Caribbean. The city is the country's principal port and its financial and...

    , Belize
    Belize
    Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...

  • Zenaida Nikolaievna Yusupova
    Zenaida Nikolaievna Yusupova
    Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova, , , was a Russian noblewoman best known as the mother of Prince Felix Yusupov, the murderer of Rasputin....

    , Russian noblewoman at the end of the Romanov dynasty
  • Zenaida Yanowsky
    Zenaida Yanowsky
    Zenaida Yanowsky is a Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.-Early life:Both of her parents, Anatol Yanowsky and Carmen Robles, were dancers with the Lyon Opera Ballet. Later, the family moved to settle in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, where her parents set up a dance school...

    , principal dancer
    Principal dancer
    A principal dancer is a dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company....

     of the Royal Ballet, London
    Royal Ballet, London
    The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the four major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de Valois, it became the resident ballet...



Zénaïde
  • Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte
    Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte
    Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte, Princess of Canino and Musignano was the elder daughter of Joseph Bonaparte and Julie Clary, and the wife of Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who was also her cousin...

    , wife and cousin of ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte
    Charles Lucien Bonaparte
    Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano was a French naturalist and ornithologist.-Biography:...

  • Zénaïde Rossi
    Zénaïde Rossi
    Zénaïde Rossi . Born to Luigi Rossi and Armida Niccolaï . A singer, actress, and entertainer. She was also known under the stage name of Irene Reni,...

    , stage name Irene Reni, Italian-French actress and singer


Zinaida
  • Zinaida Amosova
    Zinaida Amosova
    Zinaida Stepanovna Amosova was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed from 1976 to 1983, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Novosibirsk...

    , Soviet cross-country skier
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

  • Zinaida Gippius
    Zinaida Gippius
    Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, was a Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker, regarded as a co-founder of Russian symbolism and seen as "one of the most enigmatic and intelligent women of her time in Russia"....

    , Russian poet
  • Zinaida Greceanîi
    Zinaida Greceanîi
    Zinaida Greceanîi is a Moldovan politician. She is a member of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova and was the Prime Minister of Moldova between 31 March 2008 and 14 September 2009...

    , Moldovan politician
  • Zinaida Portnova
    Zinaida Portnova
    Zinaida Martynovna Portnova, commonly known as Zina Portnova was a Russian teenager, Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union.-Biography:...

    , seventh-grade Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union
    Hero of the Soviet Union
    The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...

  • Zinaida Semenova
    Zinaida Semenova
    Zinaida Semenova is a retired female long-distance runner from Russia. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on October 7, 2001 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, clocking 2:26:51. Semenova is a three-time winner of the annual Twin Cities Marathon....

    , Russian long-distance runner
  • Zinaida Serebriakova
    Zinaida Serebriakova
    Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova was among the first female Russian painters of distinction.-Family:Zinaida Serebriakova was born on the estate of Neskuchnoye near Kharkov into one of Russia's most refined and artistic families.She belonged to the artistic Benois family...

    , first notable female Russian painter
  • Zinaida Turchyna
    Zinaida Turchyna
    Zinaida Mykhaylivna Turchyna is a former Soviet/Ukrainian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics....

    , Soviet handball
    Team handball
    Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

     player
  • Zinaida Volkova
    Zinaida Volkova
    Zinaida Volkova was a Russian Marxist. She was Leon Trotsky's first daughter by his first wife, Aleksandra Sokolovskaya.- Biography :...

    , daughter of Leon Trotsky
    Leon Trotsky
    Leon Trotsky , born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army....

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