Diane vs Diana - What's the difference?
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(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:
Diana is a related term of diane.
As proper nouns the difference between diane and diana
is that diane is {{given name|female|from=Latin}}. Popular in the middle of the 20th century while Diana is 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.diane
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* 1979 Penelope Mortimer: About Time . Allan Lane 1979. ISBN 0713912367 page 83: *: Oddly enough, there was a woman involved. I remember nothing about her except her name: Diane'. It was an improbable name in connection with Bertie, particularly in the wilds of Kent. However, ' Diane was there.Anagrams
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(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.