Berenice Berenice ( grc, Βερενίκη, ''Bereníkē'') is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name ''Pherenikē'', which means "bearer of victory" . Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence. Th ...

is a feminine name. Berenice may also refer to:

Places

* Berenice, ancient Greek name for

Benghazi Benghazi () , ; it, Bengasi; tr, Bingazi; ber, Bernîk, script=Latn; also: ''Bengasi'', ''Benghasi'', ''Banghāzī'', ''Binghāzī'', ''Bengazi''; grc, Βερενίκη (''Berenice'') and ''Hesperides''., group=note (''lit. Son of he Ghazi ...

(in Libya); still a Catholic titular episcopal see *

Berenike (Epirus) Berenice or Berenike ( grc, Βερενίκη) was a Greek city in the region of ancient Epirus,An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by M ...

, ancient Greek city in Epirus * Berenice Troglodytica,also known as Berenike, modern Medinet-el Haras, an ancient port of Egypt, site for archeology *

Berenice Panchrysos Berenice Panchrysos (Greek: , Steph. B., ''s. v.''; Strabo xvi. 771), was an ancient town of ancient Egypt, near Sabae in the Regio Troglodytica, on the west coast of the Red Sea, between the 20th and 21st degrees of North latitude, in modern ...

, an ancient port city of Egypt, near Sabae *

Berenice Epideires Berenice Epideires (Greek: , Steph. B. ''s. v.''; Strabo xvi. pp. 769, 773; Mela, iii. 8; Plin. vi. 34; Ptol. viii. 16. § 12), or "Berenice upon the Neck of Land", was a town on the western shore of the Red Sea. It was located near the Bab-el ...

, near the mouth of the Red Sea, in modern Djibouti

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'', an Italian opera by George Frideric Händel * "Berenice" (short story), by Edgar Allan Poe * ''Berenice'' (play), 1670 French tragedy by Jean Racine * ''

Bérénice ''Berenice'' (french: Bérénice) is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. ''Berenice'' was not played often between the 17th and the 20th centuries. It was premiered on 21 November 1670 by the Comédiens du Roi ...

'', a French opera by Albéric Magnard after Racine's tragedy

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* Coma Berenices, a constellation in the northern hemisphere *

653 Berenike 653 Berenike is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 27 November 1907 by Joel Hastings Metcalf at Taunton, Massachusetts. It is named after Berenice II of Egypt, after whom the constellation Coma Berenices is also named. The name may have been insp ...

, an asteroid * ''Berenice'' (plant), a plant belonging to the family Campanulaceae *

Berenice (rocket) Berenice ( grc, Βερενίκη, ''Bereníkē'') is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name ''Pherenikē'', which means "bearer of victory" . Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence. Th ...

, a series of French experimental rockets * ', sunk in the Bay of Biscay in the early morning of 21 June 1940.

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