Sidonia
| Sidonia | |
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| Gender | Female (typically) or male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Ancient Roman |
| Meaning | "of Sidon" |
| Other names | |
| See also | Sidonie, Sidonija, Sidoniya, Sydonia, Szidónia, Sida, Sido, Szidi, Donya, Donka, Sodka, Sidonius |
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Sidonia or Sidonie may refer to:
People:
- Sidonie of Bavaria (1488-1505), eldest daughter of Duke Albert IV of Bavaria-Munich, wife of the Elector Palatine Louis V
- Sidonie of Poděbrady (1449-1510), daughter of the King of Bohemia
- Sidonie of Saxony (1518-1575), Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess of Calenberg-Göttingen
- Sidonia von Borcke (1548–1620), Pomeranian noblewoman tried and executed for witchcraft
- Sidonie Goossens (1899-2004), English harpist
- Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann (1711–1740), German poet
In legend and fiction:
- Sidonia, a legendary Jewish priest's daughter (see Abiathar and Sidonia)
- Sidonia of Brittany, heroine of the medieval roman Pontus and Sidonia
- Fromont and Risler, also titled Sidonie, an 1874 French novel
- Sidonie, a character in Gluck's opera Armide, for whom an asteroid and ship are named
- Sidonia, a character in Benjamin D'Israeli's novel Coningsby, thought to represent Nathan Rothschild.
Other uses:
- Sidonie (Brumov-Bylnice), district of Brumov-Bylnice, Czech Republic
- 579 Sidonia, an asteroid
- USS Sidonia (AKA-42), a U.S. Navy attack cargo ship
- Order of Sidonia, a chivalric order for women instituted by the Kingdom of Saxony
- Knights of Sidonia, a Japanese manga series by Tsutomu Nihei.
See also
- Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), French novelist and performer
- Medina-Sidonia, a city and municipality in Spain
- Dukes of Medina Sidonia, a noble Spanish title
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