Selena

//sɪˈliːnə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    "I promised Selena — her full name I ascertained in due course was Selena Judith Hephzibah — that I would. I would have promised her anything."

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"Singer and actress Selena Gomez started her career at age seven on the children's public television show "Barney and Friends.""

Etymology

Either a variant of Selina, from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”, from caelum (“sky, heaven”)), or from Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.

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