Meaning of Diana | Babel Free

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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
2. A Diana monkey.
3. 78 Diana, a main belt asteroid.
4. A Diana fritillary.
5. The Moon; the Moon as a deity.
6. A female given name from Latin.

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Examples

“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.”

“She betook herself to the bedroom in the western wing, there to lie and watch pale Diana chase the Hunter down the sky.”

“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.”

“A wholesome British name like Diana, Anne, Margaret or Elizabeth impresses a judge much more than all your vulgar Marilyns, Donnas, Madonnas and Dawns.”

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