Zea may refer to:

Nature

* ''Zea'' (plant), a genus of large grasses, including: **''

Zea mays Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...

'', commonly known as maize or corn * ''Zea'' (skipper), a genus of butterflies *'' Helicoverpa zea'', the corn earworm, a major agricultural pest *ZEA, an abbreviation for the mycotoxin zearalenone

People and places

Zea (surname) Zea is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jaime Zea (born 1970), Mayor of the Villa El Salvador district of Lima, Peru *Kristi Zea (born 1948), American production designer, costume designer, art director, and director *María Lu ...

, a surname *

Zea (island) Kea ( el, Κέα), also known as Tzia ( el, Τζια) and in antiquity Keos ( el, Κέως, la, Ceos), is a Greek island in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Kea is part of the Kea-Kythnos regional unit. Geography It is the island o ...

, an island of the Cyclades archipelago *

Bay of Zea The Bay of Zea, since Ottoman times and until recently known as Paşalimanı (Πασαλιμάνι), is a broad bay located at the eastern coast of the Piraeus peninsula in Athens, Greece. It hosted the swimming events at the 1896 Summer Oly ...

, one of the harbours of Piraeus in Athens, Greece **

Zea Harbour Project Zea Harbour Project is a Danish-Greek archaeological project in Piraeus, Greece. The project began in 2002 under the auspices of the Danish Institute at Athens and is directed by Dr. Bjørn Lovén, Associate Fellow in Maritime Archaeology at the U ...

, a Danish-Greek archaeological project

Other uses

Zea (Bread) Zea is a Greek bread made from farro or "zea," as it is known in Greek. The bread is generally chewy and lightweight, with higher dietary fiber content than wheat bread. History The grain is thought to have an ancient, if not prehistoric, his ...

, a Greek

bread Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made f ...

made from

farro Farro refers to the grains of three wheat species, which are sold dried and cooked in water until soft. It is eaten plain or is often used as an ingredient in salads, soups, and other dishes. Definition Farro is an ethnobotanical term for thr ...

or "zea," as it is known in Greek. * ''Zea'' (EP), a 1993 alternative EP from dEUS * ''Zea'' (film), a 1981 short film * ZE:A, a South Korean boy band *zea, the language code abbreviation for Zeelandic, a West Flemish dialect of Dutch

Nature

People and places

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