Henna (disambiguation)
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Plants and products
- HennaHennaHenna is a flowering plant used since antiquity to dye skin, hair, fingernails, leather and wool. The name is also used for dye preparations derived from the plant, and for the art of temporary tattooing based on those dyes...
, an Arabic term describing a flowering plant, or dyes made from it, or body art made with the dye, synonymous with the Hindi term MehndiMehndiMehndi or menhdi is the application of henna as a temporary form of skin decoration in India, as well as by expatriate communities from the country. The word mehndi is derived from the Sanskrit word mendhikā. The use of mehndi and turmeric is described in the earliest Vedic ritual books...
People
Henna is an Arabic female given name which means "blessed". It is also a Finnish female given name.As a surname:
- Bonnie HennaBonnie HennaBonnie Henna was born in Soweto, South Africa. She attended school at Belgravia Convent and Greenside High School in Johannesburg.Born Bonnie Mbuli, she was discovered at the age of 13, at a bus stop on her way home from school, by an agent who soon got her a job on the television series Viva...
, South African actress - Christian HennaChristian HennaChristian Henna is a retired French professional footballer who played several seasons in Ligue 1 for AJ Auxerre.Christian was signed by AJ Auxerre from FC Mulhouse.-References:...
, French soccer player
As a given name:
- Henna HeikkinenHenna HeikkinenHenna Heikkinen is a singer who rose to popularity after placing fifth in Idols Finland 2, the Finnish version of Pop Idol.- Idols Finland 2 Performances :Semi Finals: Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen...
, Finnish singer - Henna RaitaHenna RaitaHenna Raita is an alpine skier.Raita has been part of the Finnish Alpine skiing team since the 1990s. She got her first world cup points during the season 1999-2000 in Copper Mountain, USA when she was 13th in slalom....
, Finnish skier - Henna VänninenHenna VänninenHenna Vänninen is a Finnish actress. She is known for her role as Aamu Korhonen in the popular Finnish soap opera Salatut elämät.- Filmography :* television series Zulu...
, Finnish actress
Other
- Henna (film)Henna (film)For other uses see Henna Heena is the name of a 1991 Bollywood film produced and directed by Randhir Kapoor and starring his brother Rishi Kapoor, Ashwini Bhave and Zeba Bakhtiyar also renowned as Neha Seti...
, 1991 Bollywood film - "Henna" (song)Henna (song)"Henna" is a song by Swedish pop artist of Iranian origin Cameron Cartio featuring the raï French-Algerian singer Khaled . Music was composed by Alex Papaconstantinou to lyrics by Khaled and Cameron Cartio in a conlang of his own and by Marcus Englöf...
, a 2005 song by Cameron Cartio featuring Khaled - Henna-hooded Foliage-gleanerHenna-hooded Foliage-gleanerThe Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru....
, South American bird - Henna-tailed Jungle-flycatcherHenna-tailed Jungle-flycatcherThe Henna-tailed Jungle-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss....
, Indonesian bird - EnnaEnnaEnna is a city and comune located roughly at the center of Sicily, southern Italy, in the province of Enna, towering above the surrounding countryside...
(or Henna or Haenna), city in Sicily - HinnaHinnaHinna is a borough of the city of Stavanger, Norway.-Neighbourhoods:Although the borders of neighbourhoods do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Hinna roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods : Jåtten and southern Vaulen....
, borough of the city of Stavanger, Norway