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Definition of Diana

1. Noun. 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. Noun. (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis.

Definition of Diana

1. n. The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.

Definition of Diana

1. Proper noun. (Roman god) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo. The virgin moon goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity. ¹

2. Proper noun. ( female given name). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Diana

1. The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. "And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. " (Pope) Diana monkey, a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana). Origin: L. Diana. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diana

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diampromide diamthazole dihydrochloride diamyl diamylene diamylenes diana (current term) dianalytic diandria diandries diandrous

diandry dianetic dianhydride dianhydrides dianhydrogalactitol dianion dianions dianisidine dianium dianodal

Literary usage of Diana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"diana bathing with nymphs discovers Callisto's condition by her refusal to bathe. ... diana and her nymphs preparing for a bath in a grove ; the goddess ..."

2. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1863)
"But we know noting more of him with any tolerable certainty.4 His " diana Enamorada," the chief of his works, was first printed at Valencia, in 1542.5 It is ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1892)
"But though I am so fond of diana, I have never humoured her in this; ... Only diana remained to keep the bride- elect and her anxious but triumphant aunt ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"A shell was fired at them from the diana without effect They continued ... Upon discovering this force, instantly every gun of the diana was brought to bear ..."

5. Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson (1911)
"The diana Enamorada of Jorge de Montemayor, one of the important sources of The Two Gentlemen ... The diana was published first in 1542, so antedating both ..."

6. Myths of Greece and Rome, Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Hélène Adeline Guerber (1893)
"Proud of her two children, Apollo and diana, Latona boasted far and wide that such as hers had never been, for they excelled all others in beauty, ..."

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