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diana | kevin |

As a noun diana

is .

As a proper noun kevin is

, a less common spelling of kevin.

diana

English

(wikipedia Diana)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Roman god) 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.
  • * :
  • 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.
  • (astronomy) Short for , a main belt asteroid.
  • .
  • * 1605 , Remains Concerning Britain , John Russell Smith, 1870, page 56:
  • 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.
  • * 1993 , Queens Have Died Young and Fair , P. Owen, ISBN 0720608864, page 94:
  • A wholesome British name like Diana , Anne, Margaret or Elizabeth impresses a judge much more than all your vulgar Marilyns, Donnas, Madonnas and Dawns.

    Coordinate terms

    * (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) Artemis, Athena/Minerva, Hestia/Vesta

    See also

    * Cynthia * Delia

    Anagrams

    * * * * *

    References

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    kevin

    English

    Proper noun

    (Kevins)
  • . It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.
  • (British, pejorative, slang) A working-class male.
  • Quotations

    * 1990 Ruth Rendell: Going Wrong ISBN 0091743001 page 157: *: "Guy," he said. He said it slowly and with a certain puzzlement. He said it again, thoughtfully, as if it were a name of someone he had known long ago but couldn't quite place. "Guy. Yes - don't you find it difficult being called that? I mean, if Nora hadn't said, I'd have put you down as a Kevin , or a Barry. Yes, Barry would suit you." *: He looked like an innocent child, smiling, wide-eyed, his cheeks plump and rosy, defying the object of his insults to take offence. * 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes . Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0 00 649840 X page 203: *: They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin' and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called , ' Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.

    See also

    * Sharon ----