Jadwiga
| Jadwiga | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old German |
| Region of origin | Polish |
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Jadwiga (Polish pronunciation: [jadˈviɡa]; diminutive Jadzia [ˈjadʑa]) is a Polish feminine given name. It originated from the old German Hedwig (compounded from hadu, "battle", and wig, "fight").
- Jadwiga of Greater Poland, Queen of Poland and mother of Casimir III of Poland
- Jadwiga of Żagań, Queen of Poland, wife of Casimir III of Poland (daughter-in-law of previous)
- Jadwiga of Poland (1374-1399), (female) King of Poland, named after Saint Hedwig of Andechs
- Jadwiga Jagiellon (disambiguation), several Polish princesses of that name
In fiction:
- Jadzia, a humanoid host of Dax, a symbiont on Star Trek: Deep Space 9
- Jadwiga, a fictional Nazi death camp in the 1974 TV mini-series "QB-VII" (and same-titled book by author Leon Uris).
- Jadwiga, a fictional Nazi death camp mentioned in Magnum, P.I., Season 1, Episode 7, "Never Again . . . Never Again" (1981).
- Jadwiga, a ghost in Esther Friesner's trilogy, Gnome Man's Land.
- Jadwigai, a Kaunian character in Harry Turtledove's Darkness series.
- Jadwiga, a character in Paul Mazursky's 1989 movie Enemies, a Love Story.
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