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In the Shona language, the name "madhuve" means "woman/women of the zebra totem" and is a given name for girls in Zimbabwe. [40] Zebras have also been represented in Western culture. They have been thought of as a more exotic alternative to horse; the comic book character Sheena, Queen of the Jungle is depicted riding a zebra.
It has been historically suggested that the name quagga is derived from the Khoikhoi word for zebra (cf. Tshwa llkoaah 'zebra' [4]), thereby being an onomatopoeic word, resembling the quagga's call, variously transcribed as "kwa-ha-ha", [5] "kwahaah", [2] or "oug-ga". [6] The name is still used colloquially for the plains zebra. [5]
The English name "zebra" derives from Italian, Spanish or Portuguese. [3] [4] Its origins may lie in the Latin equiferus, meaning "wild horse". Equiferus appears to have entered into Portuguese as ezebro or zebro, which was originally used for a legendary equine in the wilds of the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages.
Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) is a southern subspecies of the plains zebra. It is named after the British explorer and naturalist William John Burchell. Common names include bontequagga, Damaraland zebra, and Zululand zebra (Gray, 1824). [1] Burchell's zebra is the only subspecies of zebra which may be legally farmed for human ...
Zebra is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Zebra, released on March 25, 1983, by Atlantic Records.The album features all original material, with the exception of "Slow Down" (a Larry Williams tune best remembered for a 1964 cover version by the Beatles) injected at mid-song with much of the second stanza of Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes", altered at its end:
Zebra Technologies Corporation is an American mobile computing company specializing in technology used to sense, analyze, and act in real time. [2] The company manufactures and sells marking, tracking, and computer printing technologies .
A sheep that fell from a truck, hence his name. He acts like a stereotypical Englishman. [8] Uncle Antler Moose: Pogo: Walt Kelly: Willy Giraffe The Bruin Boys, aka Tiger Tim: Julius Stafford Baker: One of Tiger Tim's friends. [10] The Wise Old Goat Goat Rupert Bear: Mary Tourtel: An advisor and help to Rupert. [11] Zebra: Zebra Pearls Before ...
Dhahabu (voiced by Renée Elise Goldsberry) is a golden plains zebra and the queen of a herd of zebras that live in the Back Lands. Dhahabu is modeled after the late Zoe, the golden zebra who resided in Hawaii's Three Ring Ranch. [13] Raha (voiced by Rico Rodriguez) is a plains zebra who is Starehe's brother and part of Dhahabu's herd.