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DianaNoun1. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997). 2. (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Diana" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "luminous", "perfect", "to shine", "the sky". |
Date "Diana" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Diana \Di*a"na\, noun. [Latin expression Diana.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | DIANA Descriptive Intermediate Attributed Notation for Ada. A formerly de facto standard intermediate language for Ada programs, developed by Goos and Wulf at CMU in Jan 1981. DIANA is an attributed tree representation, with an abstract interface defined in Interface Description Language (Nestor, Lamb and Wulf, CMU, 1981; Snodgrass(?), 1989(?)). DIANA resulted from a merger of AIDA and TCOL.Ada. At the present (2001) it is no longer used by the major ADA compilers. ["DIANA - An Intermediate Language for Ada", G.T. Goos et al, LNCS 161, Springer 1983]. (1994-11-11). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
19th Century Satire | The goddess of the chase; unmarried. And this is very fitting. May the chase always be for the unmarried only!. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Bible | Diana so called by the Romans; called Artemis by the Greeks, the "great" goddess worshipped among heathen nations under various modifications. Her most noted temple was that at Ephesus. It was built outside the city walls, and was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. "First and last it was the work of 220 years; built of shining marble; 342 feet long by 164 feet broad; supported by a forest of columns, each 56 feet high; a sacred museum of masterpieces of sculpture and painting. At the centre, hidden by curtains, within a gorgeous shrine, stood the very ancient image of the goddess, on wood or ebony reputed to have fallen from the sky. Behind the shrine was a treasury, where, as in 'the safest bank in Asia,' nations and kings stored their most precious things. The temple as St. Paul saw it subsisted till A.D. 262, when it was ruined by the Goths" (Acts 19:23-41)., Moule on Ephesians: Introd. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Biographical Satire | DIANA, an ancient sportswoman who loved fox hunting, hounds, and the chase without the conventionalities of a society hunt. Address: Ephesus. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Literature | Diana (3 syl.). The temple of Diana at Ephesus, built by Dinochares, was set on fire by Herostratos, for the sake of perpetuating his name. The Ionians decreed that any one who mentioned his name should be put to death, but this very decree gave it immortality. The temple was discovered in 1872 by Mr. Wood. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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In Greek mythology Artemis ("fashion") is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of Apollo. In Roman mythology, she was known as Diana. In Etruscan mythology, she took the form of Artume.
Worship
She was the virgin moon goddess of the hunt, wild animals, healing, wilderness, chastity, and paradoxically childbirth (she was worshipped as a fertility/childbirth goddess mostly in cities), since she assisted her mother in the delivery of her twin. Early in her development, she was identified with Hecate, the primal, pre-Olympian feral goddess. She later became more identified with and eventually supplanted Selene as the moon goddess to complement her twin's identification with and supplantation of Helios as the sun god. Artemis also assimilated Caryatis (Carya).
Her priestesses were addressed with the title Melissa.
Artemis was not worshipped heavily in much of mainland Greece. In Asia Minor, however, she was a principal deity. In Rome, she was heavily venerated at Mount Tifata near Capua and in holy forests (such as Aricia, Latium) Her high priest lived in Aricia; his position was passed to the person who was able to kill him with a bough, picked from a tree in the forest.
Festivals in honor of Artemis include Brauronia, held in Brauron and the festival of Artemis Orthia in Sparta.
Young girls were initiated into the cult of Artemis at puberty. However, when they decided to marry, they were asked to lay all the accoutrements of virginity (toys, dolls, locks of their hair) on an altar to Artemis.
Diana
Diana was worshipped in a temple on the Aventine Hill where mainly lower-class citizens and slaves worshipped her. Slaves could ask for and receive asylum in her temples.
She was worshipped at a festival on August 13.
Her name may come from diviana ("the shining one").
Artemis In Art
In art, she was typically portrayed with a crescent moon above her head and her bow and arrows, created by Hephaestus and the Cyclopes. These arrows, in contrast to her role as goddess of childbirth, were said to be the cause of women dying in childbirth. As another contradiction, she was a goddess of healing that brought leprosy, rabies and gout.
In Ephesus, the Temple of Artemis became one the Seven Wonders of the World. In Ephesus, and elsewhere in Asia Minor, she was worshipped primarily as a earth and fertility goddess, akin to Cybele, unlike in mainland Greece. Statues in Greece depict her with her bow and arrow; the statues in Asia Minor show her with nodes on her breast believed to be either multiple nipples, breasts or sacrificial bull testes.
Appellations
As Agrotora, she was especially associated as the patron goddess of hunters. Artemis was often associated with the local Aeginian goddess, Aphaea. As Potnia Theron, she was the patron of wild animals. Homer used this title. As Kourotrophos, she was the nurse of youths. As Locheia, she was the goddess of childbirth and midwives. She was sometimes known as Cynthia, from her birthplace on Mount Cynthus on Delos. She sometimes used the name Phoebe, the feminine form of her brother, Apollo's, Phoebus.
Birth
When Hera discovered that Leto was pregnant and that Hera's husband, Zeus, was the father, she banned Leto from giving birth on terra firma, or the mainland, or any island at sea. She found the floating island of Delos, which was neither mainland nor a real island and gave birth there. The island was surrounded by swans. As a gesture of gratitude, Delos was secured with four pillars. The island later became sacred to Apollo. Alternatively, Hera kidnapped Ilithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to prevent Leto from going into labor. The other gods forced Hera to let her go. Either way, Artemis was born first and then assisted with the birth of Apollo. Another version states that Artemis was born one day before Apollo, on the island of Ortygia and that she helped Leto cross the sea to Delos the next day to give birth to Apollo.
Childhood
At three years old, Artemis asked her father, Zeus, to grant her perpetual virginity. He did so. All of her companions remained virgins, and she guarded her chastity very closely.
Men
Actaeon
She was once bathing nude in the woods when the hunter Actaeon stumbled across her. He stopped and stared, amazed at her ravishing beauty. When she saw him, Artemis changed him to a stag and, disgusted at his stares, set his own hounds to kill him. He was torn apart. Alternatively, Actaeon boasted that he was a better hunter than she and Artemis turned him into a stag and he was eaten by his hounds.
Orion
After leaving Eos, Orion became a follower of Artemis. She eventually killed him, though the reasons why change in differing version.
- Orion and Artemis were engaged. Her brother, Apollo didn't believe it was appropriate for her to marry a mortal. Apollo convinced Orion to walk out into the water and then dared Artemis to try and hit the barely visible speck (actually Orion's head) with an arrow from the shore. She succeeded, killing him.
- Orion raped one of Artemis' female followers. She sent Scorpio, a scorpion, to kill him and both were placed in the stars as constellations. This legend explains why the constellation Scorpio rises just after Orion begins to set -- the scorpion still chases him. Orion's dog became Sirius, the dog-star.
Adonis
In some versions of the story of Adonis, Artemis or Ares (her lover in this story) sent a wild boar to kill Adonis. This version is suspect because it implies that Artemis had sex with Ares and by virtually all accounts, she remained chaste throughout time.
Other Stories
Callisto
Artemis killed any of her companions who lost their virginity, such as Maera and Callisto.
One of Artemis' companions, Callisto, lost her virginity to Zeus, who had come disguised as Artemis. Enraged, Artemis changed her into a bear. Callisto's son, Arcas, nearly killed his mother while hunting, but Zeus or Artemis stopped him and placed them both in the sky as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
Agamemnon and Iphigenia
Artemis punished Agamemnon after he killed a (sacred) deer in a (sacred) grove and boasted he was a better hunter. On his way to Troy to participate in the Trojan War, Agamemnon's ships were suddenly motionless as Artemis stopped the wind. An oracle named Calchis told Agamemnon that the only way to appease Artemis was to sacrifice Iphigenia, his daughter. According to some versions, he did so, but others claims that he sacrificed a deer in her place and Iphigenia was taken to Crimea to prepare others for sacrifice to Artemis.
Niobe
A Queen of Thebes and wife of Amphion, Niobe boasted of her superiority to Leto because she had fourteen children (Niobids), seven male and seven female, while Leto had only two. Apollo killed her sons as they practiced athletics, with the last begging for his life and Artemis her daughters. Apollo and Artemis used poisoned arrows to kill them, though according to some versions a number of the Niobids were spared (Chloris, usually). Amphion, at the sight of his dead sons, either killed himself or was killed by Apollo after swearing revenge. A devastated Niobe fled to Mount Siplyon in Asia Minor and turned into stone as she wept, or committed suicide. Her tears formed the river Achelous. Zeus had turned all the people of Thebes to stone and so no one buried the Niobids until the ninth day after their death, when the gods themselves entombed them.
Taygete
Zeus pursued Taygete, one of the Pleiades, who prayed to Artemis. The goddess turned Taygete into a doe but Zeus raped her when she was unconscious. She thus conceived Lacedaemon, the mythical founder of Sparta.
Otus and Ephialtes
Otus and Ephialtes were a pair of brothers and giants. At one point, they wanted to storm Mt. Olympus. They managed to kidnap Ares and hold him in a jar for thirteen months. He was only released when Artemis offered to sleep with Otus. This made Ephialtes envious and the pair fought. Artemis changed herself into a doe and jumped between them. The Aloadae, not wanting her to get away, threw their spears and killed each other.
Ceryneian Hind
The Ceryneian Hind was sacred to Artemis. She had found a herd of five one day and captured four to pull her chariot, but the fifth escaped to Mt. Cerynaea, on the border of Achaea and Arcadia. When Heracles kidnapped it, Artemis forgave him.
The Meleagrids
After the death of their brother, Meleager, Artemis turned his grieving sisters, the Meleagrids into guinea pigs.
Chione
Artemis killed Chione for her pride and vanity.
Atalanta and Oeneus
Artemis saved the infant Atalanta from dying of exposure after her father abandoned her. She sent a female bear to suckle the baby, who was then raised by hunters.
Among other adventures, Atalanta participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, which Artemis had sent to destroy Calydon because King Oeneus had forgotten her at the harvest sacrifices.
Aradia
In Wiccan tradition, Diana was the mother of Aradia by Lucifer.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Artemis."
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Diana, the equivalent in Roman Mythology of the Greek Artemis (see Roman/Greek equivalency in mythology for more details).
Classical Roman statue of Diana
Diana is the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, and the twin sister of Apollo.
Diana is the mother of wild animals and forests, and a moon goddess. Oak groves are especially sacred to her. She is praised for her strength, athletic grace, beauty and her hunting skills. With two other Roman deities she made up a trinity: Egeria the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and Virbius, the woodland god.
Diana was worshipped in a temple on the Aventine Hill where mainly lower-class citizens and slaves worshipped her. Slaves could receive asylum in her temples.
She was worshipped at a festival on August 13.
Diana is worshiped today by women practicing religion known as Dianic Wicca.
Her legend has reached recent history, as she is usually considered (specially by FreeMasonry) as a symbol of imagination, sensibility, creativity and insanity, that is, of poets and artists. She represents the matriarchy that is supposed to have preceded patriarchy in human history. She also represents Dyonisiacs against Apollineans. Diana and her values were enslaved in our world along with women, and the sun gods' values were imposed: that of reason and absolute order.
Diana is also worshipped nowadays by the women practicing a religion known as Dianic Wicca.
Diana also refers to Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Diana is a town located in Lewis County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,661.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 364.8 km² (140.8 mi²). 355.7 km² (137.4 mi²) of it is land and 9.0 km² (3.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.48% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,661 people, 642 households, and 473 families residing in the town. The population density is 4.7/km² (12.1/mi²). There are 1,206 housing units at an average density of 3.4/km² (8.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.11% White, 0.06% African American, 1.14% Native American, 0.48% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.06% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. 0.54% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 642 households out of which 32.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% are married couples living together, 6.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% are non-families. 21.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.59 and the average family size is 3.00. In the town the population is spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.4 males. The median income for a household in the town is $33,900, and the median income for a family is $39,563. Males have a median income of $35,450 versus $21,813 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,916. 12.1% of the population and 8.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.5% are under the age of 18 and 9.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Diana, New York."
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Diana, Princess of Wales, Diana Frances Spencer, (July 1, 1961 - August 31, 1997), was the former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the mother of the second and third in line to the British, Australian, Canadian and other Commonwealth of Nations thrones, Princes William and Harry. From the time of her marriage to the Prince of Wales in 1981 until her death in a car accident in Paris in 1997 Diana had one of the world's most high profile, most photographed and most iconic of celebrities. From 1981 until her divorce Diana's formal style and title had been Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales.
Early years
Diana was the youngest daughter of the Rt. Hon. Frances Ruth Burke-Roche (daughter of the fourth Baron Fermoy) and the Rt. Hon. Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, making Diana a descendant of many of the kings of England, including Charles I, Charles II, and James II. She was also a great-granddaughter of Frances Ellen Work (the Hon. Mrs James Boothby Burke-Roche, later Mrs Aurel Batonyi), an American heiress whose father, Frank Work, was a prominent stockbroker. (Another descendant of Frances Work is American actor Oliver Platt.)
On the death of her paternal grandfather, Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer in 1975, Lord Althorp became the eighth Earl Spencer, and his daughter acquired the courtesy title of Lady Diana Spencer. She was educated in Norfolk and at boarding school in Kent, and was regarded as an academically average student. At 16 she attended Institut Alpin Videmanette, a finishing school in Rougemont, Switzerland.
Marriage
In 1980, at the age of 19 she caught the eye of the Prince of Wales, Charles, who invited her to a polo match. A romance began and he proposed to her in February of 1981. The wedding took place at St Paul's Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981, in front of a massive global television audience. Diana Spencer was the first Englishwoman to marry an heir to the throne since 1659 when Lady Anne Hyde married the future James II of England.
Diana gave birth to two children, Prince William Arthur Philip Louis in 1982 and Prince Henry Charles David Albert in 1984. During the mid-to-late 1980s she became well known for her support of charity projects, and is given considerable credit for her campaigning against the use of landmines and diminishing the stigma associated with AIDS.
In the early 1990s, her marriage to Charles fell apart, an event sensationalised by the world media. Although the couple separated in 1992, the divorce was not finalised until August 1996.
Death and legacy
Material commemorating Diana, fly-posted onto the Flame of Liberty, above the entrance to the Paris tunnel in which she died. Picture taken in July 2001.
Larger versionAugust 31, 1997 Diana was killed in a car accident in the Alma Tunnel, Paris, along with her romantic companion Dodi Al-Fayed and chauffer Henri Paul. Al-Fayed's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones was in the car and survived.
Although the media alleged conspiracy, most accept that her death was a genuine accident brought on by an intoxicated chauffeur attempting to elude the paparazzi at high speed.
Her funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 6 drew an estimated 3 million mourners and worldwide television coverage.
Her death was greeted with extraordinary public grief, and her funeral procession was attended by an estimated 3 million people.[1] Mourners cast flowers at the funeral procession for almost the entire length of the journey. Queen Elizabeth II made a notable change from standard royal protocol by bowing as the procession passed.
She is buried at Althorp in the United Kingdom on an island in the middle of a lake on her brother's estate. A visitors' centre allows visitors to see an exhibition about her and walk around the lake.
After her death people remain interested in Diana's life. Numerous manufacturers of collectibles continue to produce Diana merchandise. Some suggested making Diana a saint, stirring much controversy.
As a temporary memroial, the public co-opted the Flamme de Liberté (Flame of Liberty), a monument near the Alma Tunnel and related to the French donation of the Statue of Liberty to the United States. The messages of condolence have since been removed and its use as a Diana memorial has discontinued.
Diana was ranked third in the (2002) 100 Greatest Britons poll sponsored by the BBC and voted for by the public.
In 2003, Marvel Comics was to publish a five-part series entitled Di Another Day featuring a resurrected Princess Diana as a mutant with super powers as part of Peter Milligan's X-Statix title. Amidst considerable (and predictable) outcry, the idea was quickly dropped.
See also: Burrell affair, Spencer family, British Royal Family
External links
- The unofficial Diana memorial (Flame of Liberty)
- Althorp for Princess Diana's final resting place.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Diana, Princess of Wales."
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Diana is Rini's Guide Cat from the Future. She's Luna and Artimis's daughter and she's a grey cat.
In Roman Mythology Diana is the equivalent of the Greek Goddess Artemis, a moon goddess and goddess of wild animals.
See also:
- Sailor Moon
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "SM Diana."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DIANA | English | Direction Information Access Network for Africa | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: DianaSynonyms: Lady Diana Frances Spencer (n), Princess Diana (n), Princess of Wales (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Purity | Vestal, virgin, Joseph, Hippolytus; Lucretia, Diana; prude. |
World | Sun, orb of day, Apollo, Phoebus; photosphere, chromosphere; solar system; planet, planetoid; comet; satellite, moon, orb of night, Diana, silver-footed queen; aerolite, meteor; planetary ring; falling star, shooting star; meteorite, uranolite. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Diana |
| English words defined with "Diana": Artemis ♦ Cynthia ♦ Dian, Diana monkey ♦ Niobe ♦ With one voice. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Diana": Actaeon, ACTEON, Ada Semantic Interface Specification ♦ Ælurus ♦ AIDA, Apostles ♦ Belphoebe ♦ Chariots, City of the Seven Hills, Consentes Dii ♦ ELMAMETA ♦ Faërie Queene ♦ Gods ♦ Hot Cross Buns, Hunters and Runners ♦ Images which fell from Heaven, I'sis ♦ Metals ♦ Orders of Architecture ♦ Planets ♦ Shrines, Silver ♦ TCOL.Ada ♦ Vernon. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Diana": Dianium. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Diana" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (Diana), Czech (Diana), Dutch (Diana), German (Diana), Hungarian (Diana), Italian (Diana), Latin (Diana, goddess of light and of the moon, the moon), Portuguese (Diana), Portuguese Brazilian (Diana), Spanish (bull's eye, dartboard, Diana, reveille). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | That's what Diana Ross said (Sister Act; writing credit: Joseph Howard) A babe named Princess Diana once said that 'If men had to have babies, they would only have one' (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner) Like Princess Diana. (This Life; writing credit: Joe Ahearne; Amelia Bullmore) Hi, Diana Christensen (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky) I am Diana. Princess of the Amazons (Justice League; writing credit: Paul Whitehouse) | |
Lyrics | Diana Walked Up To Me, (Dirty Diana; performing artist: Michael Jackson; writing credit: Michael Jackson) Dirty Diana! (Dirty Diana; performing artist: Michael Jackson; writing credit: Michael Jackson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Diana - Leidenschaft und Abenteuer (1973) Wonder Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? (1967) Echo of Diana (1963) Diana (1961) La Diana cazadora (1957) | |
Song Titles | Diana (performing artist: Paul Anka) Dirty Diana (performing artist: Michael Jackson) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | GOES image of eastern North America. Hurricane Diana, now a category III storm, churns off the coast of North Carolina. Within a few hours this storm became a Category IV before rapidly weakening. Maximum winds at time of photo were 110 knots. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | TIROS-N three dimensional cloud-top image of Hurricane Diana as it was strengthening from a Category III storm to a Category IV storm. This was one of the earliest three dimensional images of a hurricane from data obtained from satellite. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | Microbiologist Diana Whipple (left) and animal caretaker Katy Lies offer treats to a white-tailed deer being used to study tuberculosis in its wild counterparts. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |  | Diana Clifford Kimber. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863, showing the Confederate gunboat J.A. Cotton engaging Federal gunboats, as Confederate troops fire from the shore. U.S. Navy ships in this engagement were Kinsman, Estrella, Diana and Calhoun. Credit: NAVY. |  | The temple of Diana at Segesta. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sculpture of young Diana shooting an arrow. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Diana at the chase / Naegeli, 46 East 14th Street, Union Square. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Yacht Diana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Young Diana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Diana Temple" by Luis Alves Commentary: "Temple to the Godess Diana in Évora - Portugal. --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-mail if you use it, I really like to know when and where it's used, thanks :-)." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Diana Scharf Hunt | Goals are dreams with deadlines. |
Sir Thomas Browne | Herostratus lives that burnt the Temple of Diana -- he is almost lost that built it. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering) software is either included in large systems or self-maintained applications, such as Abaqus, AutoGear, Cosmos or Diana. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Earl Charles Spencer | Well, I think in fact there were a couple of girlfriends in between. And it wasn't an issue. It wasn't like Diana had stolen her eldest sister's boyfriend or anything. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | The next two folks I've had the honor of meeting and getting to know a little bit, the Reverend John and the Reverend Diana Cherry of the AME Zion Church in Temple Hills, Maryland. |
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| "Diana" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.76% of the time. "Diana" is used about 2,108 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.76% | 2,103 | 4,133 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.24% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,108 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Diana" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Diana | First name Female | 216,000 | 96 |
| Diana | Last name | 1,000 | 11,567 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Diana" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "luminous", "perfect", "to shine", "the sky". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Diana." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Zenobia | Female | Ancient Greek | Zeus |
| Zeno | Male | Ancient Greek (Latinized) | Zeus |
| Diana | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Dijana | Female | Croatian | Diana |
| Deana | Female | English | Diana |
| Deanna | Female | English | Diana |
| Deena | Female | English | Diana |
| Diana | Female | English | Zeus |
| Diane | Female | English | Diana |
| Dianna | Female | English | Diana |
| Diane | Female | French | Diana |
| Zeus | Male | Greek Mythology | N/A |
| Kiana | Female | Hawaiian | Diana |
| Diana | Female | Italian | Zeus |
| Tyr | Male | Norse Mythology | Zeus |
| Diana | Female | Portuguese | Zeus |
| Diana | Female | Roman Mythology | Zeus |
| Jupiter | Male | Roman Mythology | Zeus |
| Diana | Female | Romanian | Zeus |
| Diana | Female | Russian | Zeus |
| Zinaida | Female | Russian | Zeus |
| Dijana | Female | Serbian | Diana |
| Dijana | Female | Slovene | Diana |
| Diana | Female | Spanish | Zeus |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Mexico | Editorial Diana, S.A. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Diana, WV |
Expressions using "Diana": Cercopithecus Diana ♦ Diana monkey ♦ lady Diana Frances Spencer ♦ New Diana ♦ princess Diana. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Diana": anti-diana. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
princess diana | 2,700 | diana lyrics ross | 87 |
diana krall | 1,186 | diana ross the supremes | 87 |
diana ross | 1,148 | diana dors | 79 |
diana | 991 | diana singer | 78 |
diana the valkyrie | 803 | haddad diana | 70 |
diana gabaldon | 493 | dennis diana | 67 |
diana rigg | 268 | death diana princess | 58 |
princess diana picture | 221 | diana spencer | 57 |
diana taurasi | 210 | diana krall lyrics | 56 |
lady diana | 200 | diana hayden | 53 |
diana zubiri | 178 | diana le | 53 |
diana princess of wales | 162 | goddess diana | 50 |
diana devoe | 160 | diana lady spencer | 45 |
king diana | 146 | princess diana nude | 42 |
diana kauffman | 132 | autopsy diana photo princess | 39 |
princess diana photo | 121 | diana mantilla | 37 |
diana palmer | 114 | prince diana | 37 |
diana uribe | 96 | diana pang | 37 |
diana sang | 95 | diana canova | 36 |
princess diana biography | 92 | dirty diana | 36 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Diana"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Diana. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Диана. (various references) | |
Chinese | 戴安娜. (various references) | |
Czech | Diana. (various references) | |
Dutch | Diana. (various references) | |
Esperanto | Diano. (various references) | |
French | Diane. (various references) | |
German | Diana. (various references) | |
Greek | Αρτέμισ, Αρτέμη (Artemis), Αρτεμίδα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Diana. (various references) | |
Italian | Diana. (various references) | |
Korean | 다이아나. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ianaday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Diana. (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | diana. (various references) | |
Russian | Диана (Cynthia). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dijana. (various references) | |
Spanish | Diana (bull's eye, dartboard, reveille). (various references) | |
Turkish | Kadın Avcı (huntress), Ay Ýlâhesi, Av Tanrıçası. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Місяць, Жінка-мисливець. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Diana, dianae. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 19, Verse 35 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | KatasteilaV de o grammateuV ton oclon fhsin andreV efesioi tiV gar estin anqrwpoV oV ou ginwskei thn efesiwn polin newkoron ousan thV megalhV qeaV artemidoV kai tou diopetouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum sedasset scriba turbas dixit viri ephesii quis enim est hominum qui nesciat Ephesiorum civitatem cultricem esse magnae Dianae Iovisque prolis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne the scribe hadde ceessid the puple, he seide, Men of Effesie, what man is he, that knowith not, that the citee of Effesians is the worschipere of greet Dian, and of the child of Jubiter? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | When the toune clarcke had ceased the people he sayd: ye men of Ephesus what man is it that knoweth not how that the cite of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddas Diana and of ye ymage which came fro heven. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when the town-clerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when the chief secretary had got the people quiet, he said, Men of Ephesus, is any man without knowledge that the town of Ephesus is the keeper of the holy place of the great Diana, who was sent down from Jupiter? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 19, Verse 35 |
| Albanian | Kancelari i qytetit, mbasi e qetësoi turmën, tha: ''O Efesianë, cili është vallë ai njeri që nuk e di se qyteti i Efesianëve është mbrojtësi i tempullit të perëndeshës së madhe Diana dhe i imazhit të saj që ra nga Zeusi? |
| Cebuano | Ug sa diha nga ang kalihim sa lungsod nakapahilum na sa katawhan, siya miingon kanila, "Mga tawo sa Efeso, kinsa ba ugod nga tawhana ang wala masayud nga ang siyudad sa mga taga-Efeso mao ang magbabantay sa templo sa dakung Artemisa ug sa larawan nga natagak gikan sa langit? |
| Croatian | Onda tajnik umiri svjetinu pa reèe: "Efežani! Tko to od ljudi ne zna da je grad Efez èuvar hrama velike Artemide i kipa s neba palog? |
| Danish | Men Byskriveren fik Skaren beroliget og sagde: "I Mænd i Efesus! hvilket Menneske er der vel, som ikke ved, at Efesiernes By er Tempelværge for den store Artemis og det himmelfaldne Billede? |
| Dutch | En als de stads schrijver de schare gestild had, zeide hij: Gij mannen van Efeze! wat mens is er toch, die niet weet, dat de stad der Efezeren de kerkbewaarster zij van de grote godin Diana, en van het beeld, dat uit den hemel gevallen is? |
| Finnish | Mutta kun kaupungin kansleri oli saanut kansan rauhoittumaan, sanoi hän: "Efeson miehet, onko ketään, joka ei tiedä, että efesolaisten kaupunki on suuren Artemiin temppelin ja hänen taivaasta pudonneen kuvansa vaalija? |
| French | Cependant le secrétaire, ayant apaisé la foule, dit: Hommes Éphésiens, quel est celui qui ignore que la ville d`Éphèse est la gardienne du temple de la grande Diane et de son simulacre tombé du ciel? |
| German | Da aber der Kanzler das Volk gestillt hatte, sprach er: Ihr Männer von Ephesus, welcher Mensch ist, der nicht wisse, daß die Stadt Ephesus sei eine Pflegerin der großen Göttin Diana und des himmlischen Bildes? |
| Haitian Creole | Bout pou bout, sekretè lakomin lan te resi fè foul la sispann rele, li di yo konsa: Moun Efèz, koute! Tout moun konnen lavil Efèz se li menm k'ap veye sou kay Atemis, gwo nègès, ansanm ak estati li a ki te tonbe sot nan syèl la. |
| Hungarian | Miután pedig a városi jegyzõ lecsendesítette a sokaságot, monda: Efézusbeli férfiak, ugyan kicsoda az az ember, a ki ne tudná, hogy Efézus városa a nagy Diána istenasszonynak és a Jupitertõl esett képnek templomõrzõje? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Akhirnya panitera kota berhasil menenteramkan orang banyak itu. Ia berkata, "Penduduk Efesus! Setiap orang tahu bahwa Efesuslah kota yang memelihara rumah Dewi Artemis dan batu suci yang jatuh dari langit. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah jurutulis negeri mendiamkan orang banyak itu, lalu katanya, "Hai orang Epesus, di manakah seorang di antara manusia yang tiada ketahui, bahwa negeri orang Epesus ini penunggu Artemis yang besar dan berhala yang turun daripada Zius itu? |
| Italian | Alla fine il cancelliere riuscì a calmare la folla e disse: «Cittadini di Efeso, chi fra gli uomini non sa che la città di Efeso è custode del tempio della grande Artèmide e della sua statua caduta dal cielo? |
| Latvian | Bet rakstvedis nomierinâja pûli, sacîdams: Efezieðu vîri, vai ir kâds cilvçks, kas nezinâtu, ka efezieðu pilsçta ir lielâs Diânas, Jupitera meitas, godinâtâja? |
| Maori | A, ka mariri iho te huihui i te kaiwhakawa, ka mea ia, E nga Epehi, ko wai te tangata kahore e mohio ko te pa o nga Epehi te kaitiaki temepara o te atua nui, o Riana, o te whakapakoko ano hoki i taka iho i a Hupita? |
| Norwegian | Men by-skriveren fikk hopen til å være rolig, og sa derefter: I menn fra Efesus! Hvilket menneske er det vel som ikke vet at efesernes by er tempelvokter for den store Diana og hennes himmelfalne billede? |
| Portuguese | Havendo o escrivão conseguido apaziguar a turba, disse: Varões efésios, que homem há que não saiba que a cidade dos efésios é a guardadora do templo da grande deusa Diana, e da imagem que caiu de Júpiter? |
| Rumanian | Totuw logofqtul a potolit norodul, wi a zis: ,,Bqrbayi Efeseni, cine este acela care nu wtie cq cetatea Efesenilor este pqzitoarea templului marei Diane wi a chipului ei cqzut din cer? |
| Shuar | Ipisiu pepru Papí-aintrisha aentsun itiatmamtik Tímiayi "Ipisiu Shuártiram antuktarum. Ii uunt yusri Tiana jee iistinia iichukaitiaj~i. Tura ni nakumkamurisha nayaimpinmaya iniarmiania nusha iischatniukaitiaj~i. Tura nunasha Ashí aents paant nékainiatsuk, Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Por fin, cuando el magistrado había apaciguado la multitud, dijo: --Hombres de Éfeso, ¿qué hombre hay que no sepa que la ciudad de Éfeso es guardiana del templo de la majestuosa Diana y de su imagen caída del cielo? |
| Swahili | Hatimaye karani wa mji alifaulu kuwanyamazisha, akawaambia, "Wananchi wa Efeso, kila mtu anajua kwamba mji huu wa Efeso ni mlinzi wa nyumba ya mungu Artemi na mlinzi wa ile sanamu iliyoanguka kutoka mbinguni. |
| Swedish | Men stadens kansler lugnade folket och sade: "Efesier, finnes då någon människa som icke vet, att efesiernas stad är vårdare av den stora Dianas tempel och den bild av henne, som har fallit ned från himmelen? |
| Uma | Ka'omea-na, hadua totu'a ngata mpopengkalino-ra, pai' na'uli' -raka: "Ompi' -ompi' to Efesus! Kita' to Efesus mpojampangi tomi pepuea' hi Artemis, anitu-ta to bohe lia baraka' -na. Kita' to mpotimamahi watu to moroli' to monawu' ngkai langi'. Uma hema to uma mpo'incai toe-e ompi'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Diana" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Daaaaad, daana, Daawa, Daihan, daina, Daini, Dajani, Dejana, Dhanna, Dhiban, Diagne, Diann, dianna, Dianova, Digna, Dijana, Dipankar, Diuma, Diwan, Dizapac, djian, Dovana, Dunara, Dzantav, Idan, Tinaia, Wikana. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Diana" (pronounced 'Di*a"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, Echidna, Erythrina, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, HYENA, iguana, Krishna, lacuna, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna, Madonna. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: naiad. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-n" | |
-1 letter: nada. | |
-2 letters: aid, ain, ana, and, ani, din. | |
-3 letters: aa, ad, ai, an, id, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-n" | |
+1 letter: aidman, indaba, naiads, navaid, radian. | |
+2 letters: antacid, araneid, bandaid, candida, daphnia, indabas, laniard, nadiral, naiades, nandina, navaids, paladin, pandani, pintada, radians, radiant, scandia, tabanid, vanadic, zenaida. | |
+3 letters: abdomina, abidance, abrading, acaridan, adapting, adaption, adnation, adynamia, adynamic, amandine, animated, antacids, anthodia, antidora, aphidian, arachnid, araneids, arcadian, arcading, ascidian, attained, awarding, badinage, bandaids, candidas, carangid, cardigan, cardinal, cyanamid, dairyman, damaging, daphnias, dentalia, diaconal, diagonal, diamante, diapason, dilatant, drainage, dulciana, gainsaid, gardenia, gonadial, guardian, hacienda, hairband, handicap, handmaid, handrail, harridan, indagate, intraday, laniards, maenadic, mainland, manatoid, mandalic, mandarin, mandioca, marinade, mridanga, nailhead, nandinas, paladins, parading, paranoid, pintadas, prandial, qindarka, radiance, radiancy, radiants, radicand, radioman, rainband, scandias, sialidan, tabanids, tamarind, unafraid, vanadium, vandalic, zamindar, zenaidas. | |
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