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My name is Chimene. Word origins are very interesting. Chimene is the French translation of Dona Jimena/Ximena the wife of El Cid ( Sayyid in Arabic), she ruled part of Basque territory around Valencia ( Vascon Region) after his death in the 11th century. Basque people are generally of Spanish, Arabic, and French and Northern European ( Norse, Gaelic) descent ( see history). In Arabic it means “mark of beauty”; in Spanish “listening intently” or “heard” depending. The French word for furnace ( chimenee) also are basque (iron works ) probably There is also reference to Chimene in northern Dutch see the male version of the name Semen ( see Jimeno, Ximeno). Originally from Aquitaine and Rome ( like 600, which might lead to Greek. It’s a long and windy road the etymology of anything.