Golda

Golda is a term of which the various forms stem from Proto-Germanic gulþą "gold", and may refer to:

Geography

• Golda, the original name of Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands
• Golda, the earliest known name for the river Gouwe in the Netherlands
• Ramat Golda neighborhood in Haifa, Israel
• Sderot Golda Meir (Route 436 (Israel–Palestine)), regional arterial road in Israel and the West Bank

People

Golda (Yiddish: גאָלדע or גאָלדאַ, Hebrew: גוֹלְדָה) is a Yiddish-language female name. Notable people with this name include:

• Mascha Kaléko (1907–1975), born Gołda Małka Aufen, German-language poet
• Olga Bancic (1912–1944), born Golda Bancic, Jewish Romanian communist and member of the French Resistance during World War II
• Golda Fried (born 1972), novelist, writer, and poet
• Golda Friedman, character from Berlin Station (TV series)
• Golda Gorbman (1887–1959), spouse of Kliment Voroshilov
• Golda Glickman, better known as Roxana Sand or Roxanne Carmine, erotic dancer and fan dancer
• Abigail Golda Hoffman (born 1947), Canadian track and field athlete
• Lea Golda Holterman (born 1976), Israeli photographer
• Golda Krolik (1892–1985), Detroit activist and organizer
• Golda Lishansky, better known as Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi (1886–1979), Israeli author and educator, and a leading Labor Zionist
• Golda Madden (1886–1960), American actress
• Golda Marcus (born 1983), swimmer from El Salvador
• Golda Meir (1898–1978), fourth Prime Minister of Israel
• Golda Rosheuvel (born 1970), Guyanese-British actress and singer
• Mary Golda Ross (1908–2008), Native American female engineer
• Golda Selzer (1910–1999), academic and pathologist at Groote Schuur Hospital, and co-founder of SHAWCO
• Golda Schultz (born 1983), South African operatic soprano
• Gołda Stawarowska, woman in the Warsaw Ghetto boy photograph
• Gołda Tencer (born 1949), Polish actress and singer
• Ireneusz Golda (born 1955), Polish athlete
• Natalie Golda (born 1981), Olympic water polo player

Other

• Golda (film), 2023 film starring Helen Mirren as Golda Meir
• A Woman Called Golda, 1982 American film, starring Ingrid Bergman as Golda Meir
• Golda's Balcony, play by William Gibson
• Golda's Balcony, 2019 American film
• Bust of Golda Meir, outdoor bronze sculpture in New York City
• Goldaş, Turkish jewellery fabricator
• Golda chingri, Bangladesh and India for Macrobrachium rosenbergii

See also

• Gilda
• Goldie (disambiguation)
• Goldy (disambiguation)

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