What does "diana" mean?
A Diana monkey.
Diana
name, noun
name, noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A Diana monkey.
- Grammar: diana is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: agdistis, amor, aphrodite, apollo.
- Useful contrasts: comet, mortal, nondeity.
- Usage evidence: When her cat died, Diana went to pieces.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Diana monkey.
- 2 A Diana fritillary.
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. Roman
"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."
- 2 78 Diana, a main belt asteroid.
- 3 The Moon; the Moon as a deity.
"She betook herself to the bedroom in the western wing, there to lie and watch pale Diana chase the Hunter down the sky."
- 4 A female given name from Latin.
"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."
Example
"When her cat died, Diana went to pieces."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "diana"?
Common synonyms include: agdistis, amor, aphrodite, apollo, apollon, ares.
How do you use "diana" in a sentence?
When her cat died, Diana went to pieces.
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus + -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”) + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂. Originally an Old Italic divinity of light and the moon; later identified as the Roman counterpart to Greek goddess Artemis. Cognate of Attic Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē), similarly syncopated from older Ancient Greek Διϝωνη (Diwōnē), whence via Latin Diōne is derived English Dione used in various ways across astronomy, chemistry, biology, and as a given name. From the same root Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- also potentially cognate to English June via Latin Jūnō.