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Definition of: Diana
(dī·an′ə)
A feminine personal name. Also Di·an (dī′an), Di·ane (dī·an′, Fr. dyán). [<L]
—Diana
In Roman mythology, goddess of the hunt, virginity, and the moon: identified with the Greek Artemis. Hence, the moon.
—Diana of Poitiers,
1499–1566, mistress of Henry II of France.
—Diana of the Ephesians
An Asiatic goddess of fertility, confused with the Roman Diana. Acts xix 21.
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