Zenaida
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Zenaida (Spanish, Portuguese), Zénaïde (French), or Zinaida (Russian: Зинаида, also transliterated Zenaida) is a personal name used for women, from the Greek: Ζηναις, Zenais, "of Zeus"[1]
[edit] People
- Zenaida (saint), a traditional 1st century Christian saint.
- Zenaida Beveraggi of pop music duet Zeny & Zory
- Zenaida Moya, mayor of Belize City, Belize
- Zenaida Yanowsky, principal dancer of the Royal Ballet, London
- Zenaida Nikolaievna Yusupova, Russian noblewoman at the end of the Romanov dynasty
- Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte, wife and cousin of ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte
- Zénaïde Rossi, stage name Irene Reni, Italian-French actress and singer
- Zinaida Amosova, former Soviet cross-country skier
- Zinaida Gippius, Russian poet
- Zinaida Portnova, seventh-grade Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Zinaida Serebriakova, first notable female Russian painter
- Zinaida Turchyna, former Soviet handball player.
- Zinaida Volkova, daughter of Leon Trotsky
[edit] Other
- Zenaida doves, doves of genus Zenaida, named for Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte