Diana vs William - What's the difference?
diana | william |
(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.
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(astronomy) Short for , a main belt asteroid.
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* 1605 , Remains Concerning Britain , John Russell Smith, 1870, page 56:
* 1993 , Queens Have Died Young and Fair , P. Owen, ISBN 0720608864, page 94:
popular since the Norman Conquest.
* 1605 , Remains Concerning Britain , John Russell Smith, 1870, p.98:
* 2004 , California, Here I Am , TwentyFirst Century Publishers Ltd, ISBN 1904433219, page29-30:
As a noun diana
is .As a proper noun william is
popular since the norman conquest.diana
English
(wikipedia Diana)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- 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.
- 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.
Coordinate terms
* (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) Artemis, Athena/Minerva, Hestia/VestaSee also
* Cynthia * DeliaAnagrams
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william
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- This name hath been most common in England since King William' the Conquerour,insomuch that upon a festival day in the Court of King Henry the Second, when Sir '''William''' Saint-John, and Sir '''William''' Fitz-Hamon, especial Officers, had commanded that none but of the name of '''William''' should dine in the great Chamber with them, they were accompanied with a hundred and twenty ' Williams .
- By the same token I should probably have called myself 'Bill'. With a name like William' you have choices. Very handy for us chameleons. '' William' is stern and dignified. A little austere and unapproachable. He conquers things. It is what my mother calls me when she is angry with me.