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Definition of Ariana
1. Noun. City in Tunisia.
Definition of Ariana
1. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek female given name). ¹
2. Proper noun. a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of ancient period for a district of wide extent between Central Asia and the Indus River, comprehending the eastern provinces of the Achaemenid Empire that covered entire modern-day Afghanistan, east and southeast of Iran, Tajikistan and northwestern Pakistan ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ariana
Literary usage of Ariana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fresh Flowers for My Children by Katharine Parker Gordon (1842)
"1 loved you when a little child, Ariana ; You looked on me and sweetly smiled,
... O, brightly glide the hours away, Ariana, And full of frolic and of play, ..."
2. Tunis, Kairouan & Carthage by Graham Petrie (1908)
"Among them is the semi-Jewish village of Ariana, which we had the good ...
The electric tramway for Ariana starts at each half-hour—an important thing to ..."
3. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"The first act shows how Ariana, the sixth wife, opened the forbidden door.
A sumptuous apartment in Blue Beard's castle is disclosed. ..."
4. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1843)
"... numbers have been fabricated and are now being offered to collectors and coin
dealers, are extremely well got up and difficult to be detected. Ariana ..."
5. Fresh Flowers for Children by Katharine Parker Gordon (1852)
"TO Ariana. I LOVED you when a little child, Ariana; You looked on me and ...
O, brightly glide the hours away, Ariana, And full of frolic and of play, ..."
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