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Definition of 'Diana'Proper noun
( en-proper noun)
(Roman god) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis.
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- So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and all the world worshippeth.
(astronomy) Short for , a main belt asteroid.
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* 1605 , Remains Concerning Britain , John Russell Smith, 1870, page 56:
- But succeeding ages (little regarding S. Chrysosthome's admonition to the contrary) have recalled prophane names, so as now Diana , Cassandra, Hyppolytus, Venus, Lais, names of unhappy disaster are as rife, as ever they were in paganism.
* 1993 , Queens Have Died Young and Fair , P. Owen, ISBN 0720608864, page 94:
- A wholesome British name like Diana , Anne, Margaret or Elizabeth impresses a judge much more than all your vulgar Marilyns, Donnas, Madonnas and Dawns.
Coordinate terms
* (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) Artemis, Athena/Minerva, Hestia/Vesta
Related terms
* Di
* Diane
* Dianna
* Dianne
See also
* Cynthia
* Delia
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