Zorka is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Zorka Grandov
Zorka Grandov (6 March 1947 – 18 September 2021) was a Serbian doctor of economics, emeritus, professor emeritus and writer.
Education
She graduated in economics from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics in 1969 and went on to g ...
(1947–2021), Serbian economist
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Zorka Janů
Zorka Janů (born Zora Babková; 9 July 1921 – 24 March 1946) was a Czech film actress. She was the younger sister of actress Lída Baarová.
Career
Early years (1921–1938)
When she was 12 years old, she appeared in the movie (''Brickmake ...
(1921–1946), Czech film actress, younger sister of cinema star Lída Baarová
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Princess Zorka of Montenegro
Princess Zorka Karađorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Кнегиња црногорска Зорка; 23 December O.S. 11 December">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 11 December1864 – 16 M ...
(1864–1890), and later became Princess Zorka Karađorđević in Serbia
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Zorka Parvanova
Zorka Petrova Parvanova ( ; born 4 May 1958) is a Bulgarian historian and former First Lady of Bulgaria from 2002 until 2012. She is married to Georgi Parvanov, the former President of Bulgaria.
Early life and career
Paravanova was born 4 Ma ...
(born 1958), Bulgarian historian and former First Lady of Bulgaria
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Zorka Ságlová
Zorka Ságlová (1943–2003) was a Czech textile artist, painter, and performance artist.
Biography
Ságlová was born in 1942 in the town of Humpolec. Her mother was a teacher and seamstress and her father was a financial clerk. Her brother, ...
(1943–2003), Czech artist
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Zorka Todosić
Zorka Todosić (1 April 1864 – 28 December 1936, in Cyrillic Зорка Тодосић) was a Serbian stage actress and operetta singer, associated with the National Theatre in Belgrade.
Early life
Zorka Kolarovic was born at Novi Sad, the daug ...
(1864–1936), Serbian stage actress and operetta singer
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Zorka Velimirović
Zorka "Zora" Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Зорка Велимировић; 1878 - 1941) is recognised as the first Serbian woman translator, who worked on translating the works of Russian-language writers to Serbian. She was also the first to ...
(1883–1963), Serbian translator
Other
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''Zorka'' (genus), an insect genus in the tribe
Typhlocybini
Typhlocybini is a leafhopper tribe in the subfamily Typhlocybinae.
Genera
* '' Agnesiella'' Dworakowska, 1970
* '' Aguriahana'' Distant, 1918
* '' Ahimia'' Dworakowska, 1979
* '' Almunisna'' Dworakowska, 1969
* '' Amurta'' Dworakowska, 1977
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*Zorka Color, a Serbian ceramics and paint company acquired by
Tikkurila (corporation)
Tikkurila Oyj is a Finnish manufacturer of paints and lacquers. The main office and most of the production is located in Kuninkaala (neighboring district to Tikkurila), Vantaa near Helsinki.
The company was founded in 1862 as ''Dickursby Oljes ...
in 2011
See also
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FC Zorka-BDU Minsk
FC Energetik-BGU Minsk (also FK Enerhetyk-BDU Minsk, ) is a Belarusian football club based in Minsk.
History
The team was founded in 1996 as Zvezda Minsk (Zorka Minsk). BGU is a Russian abbreviation and stands for the Belarusian State University.
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, Belarusian football team, based in Minsk, Belarus
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Zork
''Zork'' is a text adventure game first released in 1977 by developers Tim Anderson (programmer), Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling for the PDP-10 mainframe computer. The original developers and others, as the company ...
'', an interactive fiction computer game
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Zora (disambiguation)
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