Diana

Etymology
Borrowed from, short form of , derived by syncope from , equivalent to ; roughly akin to +.

Originally an Old Italic divinity of light and the moon; later identified as the Roman counterpart to Greek goddess Artemis. Cognate of 🇨🇬, similarly syncopated from older 🇨🇬, whence via 🇨🇬 is derived 🇨🇬 used in various ways across astronomy, chemistry, biology, and as a given name. From the same root 🇨🇬 also potentially cognate to 🇨🇬 via 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 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.
 * , a main belt asteroid.
 * , a main belt asteroid.

Coordinate terms

 * , /Minerva, Hestia/Vesta

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 狄阿娜
 * Coptic: ⲇⲓⲁⲛⲏ
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Diana
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: Diana
 * French:
 * Georgian: დიანა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ダイアナ
 * Latin: Dīāna, Jāna, Iāna, Diāna, Dīvāna
 * Latvian: Diāna
 * Marathi: डायना
 * Middle English: Diane, Dyan, Dyane
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: thần Đi-anh


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Coptic: ⲇⲓⲁⲛⲏ
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Diana
 * Estonian: Diana
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დიანა
 * German:
 * Hebrew: דיאנה
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ダイアナ
 * Kazakh: Дайана
 * Latvian: Diāna
 * Marathi: डायना
 * Norwegian: Diana
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) A Diana monkey.

Etymology
From, borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  ; 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
 * 2)  the asteroid
 * 1)  the asteroid

Proper noun

 * 1)   Roman goddess

Proper noun

 * 1)  Diana

Usage notes
Matronymics
 * son of Diana: Dianuson
 * daughter of Diana: Dianudóttir

Proper noun

 * 1)  Diana

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Original form with long i, derived by syncope from , equivalent to ; some inscriptions read or , akin to ; both feminine stem words  and  meaning “goddess” derived from , from  from  from. See 🇨🇬, a primitive form of, formed by appending a suffix to 🇨🇬, cognate to both and.

Diana is also called, analogous to procope of 🇨🇬 into.

The form occurs in Varro's attempt to explain the etymology of the name, with the now-discredited explanation that "quod luna in altitudinem et latitudinem simul &lt;i>t, Diviana, appellata"; the intention seems to be to derive the name from, from. If was a genuinely used variant form (rather than a hypothetical form proposed as a precursor), it appears to represent a univerbation.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, syncopated from 🇨🇬, from a shared root whence by analogical formation also evolved 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Diana, the daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated with wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Greek goddess Artemis.

Descendants

 * Eastern Romance
 * West Iberian
 * West Iberian
 * West Iberian
 * West Iberian
 * West Iberian

As a female given name:



Etymology
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Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1)   Roman goddess

Etymology
From.