Jimena or
Ximena is the female version of the given name
Jimeno, derived from the Basque ''
Semen''. It has come to be viewed as a form of the name
Simone
Simone may refer to:
* Simone (given name), a feminine (or Italian masculine) given name of Hebrew origin
* Simone (surname), an Italian surname
Simone may also refer to:
* ''Simone'' (1918 film), a French silent drama film
* ''Simone'' (1926 fi ...
, though their origins are distinct. The French rendering of the name is Chimène. It may refer to:
Historical
*Jimena, legendary mother of
Bernardo del Carpio
*Jimena of Cea, wife of king
García Sánchez II of Pamplona
García Sánchez II (Basque: ''Gartzea II.a Santxez''; died c. 1000), was King of Pamplona and Count of Aragon from 994 until his death c. 1000. He was the eldest son of Sancho II of Pamplona and Urraca Fernández and the second Pamplonese monarc ...
(10th-/11th-century)
*Jimena, daughter of
Ramon Berenguer III (11th-century)
*Jimena, daughter of
Alfonso V of León (11th-century)
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Jimena Díaz, wife of El Cid (11th-century)
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Jimena Muñoz, mistress of
Alfonso VI of León and Castile (11th-century)
Modern
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Jimena Antelo
María Jimena Antelo Telchi (born 4 July 1972) is a Bolivian commercial engineer, journalist and television presenter.
Early life and education
Antelo was born on 4 July 1972 in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra. She began his school studies in 1978, g ...
(born 1972), Bolivian journalist and television presenter
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Jimena (singer)
Jimena is a Mexican pop singer, TV host, and actress.
In June 2001, Jimena was signed to Crescent Moon Records, record label co-owned by Emilio Estefan and Sony Music. Her first album was ''Jimena'', which included ten songs, she wrote . The ...
(born 1980), Mexican singer
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Jimena Canales, a Mexican-American physicist and author
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Jimena Elías Roca (born 1989), Miss Peru Universo 2007
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Jimena Florit
Jimena Florit (born May 18, 1972 in Olivos, Vicente López) is a female cyclist from Argentina, specializing in competitive mountain biking.
Florit twice represented her native South American country at the Summer Olympics (2000 and 2004), ...
(born 1972), Argentine mountain biker
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María Jimena Piccolo
María Jimena Piccolo (born July 22, 1985), better known as Jimena Piccolo is an Argentine actress, singer and radio host.
Biography
María Jimena Piccolo was born on July 22, 1985 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Career
María Jimena Piccolo bega ...
(born 1985), Argentine TV actress
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Chimène Badi (born 1982), French singer
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Ximena Bellido (born 1966), Peruvian badminton player
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Ximena Huilipán
Ximena Huilipán Muñoz (born September 19, 1986) is a Chilean model and actress of Mapuche descent.
Career
At 14 years of age, Huilipán won the Elite Model Look Chile 2002 contest. (born 1986), Chilean-Mapuche model and actress
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Ximena Londoño (born 1958), Colombian botanist
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Ximena McGlashan (1893 – 1986), American entomologist
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Ximena Navarrete (born 1988), Mexican model, Miss Universe 2010
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Ximena Sariñana (born 1985), Mexican singer and actress
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Ximena García Lecuona, Mexican-American screenwriter
Others
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JIMENA, Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa
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Jimena de la Frontera
Jimena de la Frontera is a historic town and municipality located in the province of Cádiz, Spain. According to estimates made by the National Statistics Institute of Spain (INE), the municipality has a population of 6,707 inhabitants as of 202 ...
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Jimena, Jaén, Spain
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Hurricane Jimena (disambiguation)
*Jimena, character in the Colombian soap opera
Pasión de Gavilanes.
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Jiménez dynasty, also called Jimena
*Chimène, character in the Pierre Cornielle play, ''
Le Cid'', based on the historical Jimena Díaz
*Chimène, character in the Massennet opera ''
Le Cid (opera) based on Cornielle's ''Le Cid''
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Chimène
''Chimène, ou Le Cid'' is a French-language opera by Antonio Sacchini. It takes the form of a ''tragédie en musique, tragédie (lyrique)'' in three acts, with a libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard. It was first staged at Fontainebleau on 16 N ...
'', a Sacchini opera inspired by Cornielle's ''Le Cid''
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Rodrigue et Chimène
''Rodrigue et Chimène'' (English: ''Rodrigo and Ximena'') is an unfinished opera in three acts by Claude Debussy. The French libretto, by Catulle Mendès,Langham Smith, Richard. Rodrigue et Chimène. In: ''New Grove Dictionary of Opera''. Macm ...
, an unfinished Debussy opera based on El Cid and Jimena Díaz
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