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Di·ana
/daɪˈænə/
黛安娜
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Di·a·na
n.
Myth.
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
Zool.
,
a
handsome
,
white-bearded
monkey
of
West
Africa
(
Cercopithecus Diana
).
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Diana
n
1:
English
aristocrat
who
was
the
first
wife
of
Prince
Charles
;
her
death
in
an
automobile
accident
in
Paris
produced
intense
national
mourning
(1961-1997) [
syn
:
Princess
Diana
,
Princess of Wales
,
Lady Diana Frances Spencer
]
2: (
Roman
mythology
)
virgin
goddess
of
the
hunt
and
the
moon
;
counterpart
of
Greek
Artemis
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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
.
From:
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Diana
,
luminous
,
perfect
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