Diana
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Diana may refer to:
  • Diana (mythology)
    Diana (mythology)
    In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt and moon and birthing, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and control animals. She was equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, though she had an independent origin in Italy...

    , ancient Roman goddess of the moon, the hunt, and chastity
  • Diana (given name)
    Diana (given name)
    Diana is a feminine given name probably derived from an Indo-European root word referring to the divine. It is the name of the Roman goddess Diana, the goddess of the moon, the hunt, forests, and childbirth. The French form of the name is Diane....

    , people with the given name Diana
  • Diana, Princess of Wales
    Diana, Princess of Wales
    Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century...

    , first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales

Music

  • "Diana" (Bryan Adams song)
    Diana (Bryan Adams song)
    "Diana" is a song performed by Bryan Adams. Written by Adams and Jim Vallance, the track appears as the B-side to "Heaven" and is one of the most prominent of Bryan Adams' non-album songs.-Background:...

    , a song by Bryan Adams
  • "Diana", a song by The Misfits (a cover of the Paul Anka Song)
  • "Diana" (song)
    Diana (song)
    "Diana" is a song written and made famous by Paul Anka in 1957. It was inspired by a high school friend named Diana Ayoub. The original Paul Anka 1957 recording reached number one on the Billboard "Best Sellers In Stores" chart and has reportedly sold over 9 million copies...

    , by Paul Anka, from 1957
  • Diana, a song by Wayne Shorter from Herbie Hancock's album VSOP: Tempest in the Colosseum
  • "Diana", a single by Comus from their 1971 album First Utterance
    First Utterance
    First Utterance is the debut album of the British progressive rock band Comus. It was released in 1971, with the opening song "Diana" being released as a single....

  • "Dirty Diana
    Dirty Diana
    "Dirty Diana" is a song by American songwriter and recording artist Michael Jackson that is featured on Jackson's seventh studio album, Bad. The song was released by Epic Records on April 18, 1988 as the fifth single from Bad. The song presented a harder rock sound similar to that of "Beat It" from...

    ", a song by Michael Jackson
  • Diana (album)
    Diana (album)
    diana is a 1980 album by American R&B and soul singer Diana Ross, released by Motown. Her 11th studio album, it was, and still is, the biggest-selling studio collection of Ross' career.-Conception:...

    , a 1980 Chic-produced album by Diana Ross
  • Diana!
    Diana!
    Diana! is American singer Diana Ross' first solo TV special, which aired on ABC on April 18, 1971, choreographed by David Winters of West Side Story fame, who at that time choreographed all of Ross' stage and TV shows. The special featured performances by The Jackson 5, and also included Jackson 5...

    , a 1971 Diana Ross TV special, also released as live album

Fiction and TV

  • Diana, a British comics series targeted at young girls, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. from 1963 to 1976
  • Diana (TV series)
    Diana (TV series)
    Diana is a British television drama series first broadcast by the BBC in 1984. It was adapted from two R. F. Delderfield books by Andrew Davies....

    , a television series starring Patsy Kensit and Jenny Seagrove
  • "Diana" (Spooks), final episode of the 4th series of Spooks, concerning the former Princess of Wales
  • Diana (Dyosa), a character in Dyosa
  • Diana (Sailor Moon), a fictional character in the Japanese anime Sailor Moon
  • Diana the Acrobat, from the Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)
    Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)
    Dungeons & Dragons is an American fantasy animated television series based on TSR's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. A co-production of Marvel Productions and TSR, the show originally ran from 1985 through 1987 for three seasons on CBS for a total of twenty seven episodes.The show focused on a...

     animated series
  • Diana (V TV series), the main antagonist in the 1980s science fiction TV franchise V
  • Diana (MÄR), a major antagonist in the manga and anime series MÄR
  • Diana Prince
    Diana Prince
    Diana Prince is a fictional character created by Charles Moulton and Harry G. Peter. Appearing regularly in stories published by DC Comics, she debuted in Sensation Comics #1 and serves as the civilian and secret identity of the superhero Wonder Woman.-Overview:Through the popularity of her Wonder...

    , the secret identity of DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman
  • Diana A
    Diana A
    is a female mecha from the Mazinger Z anime and manga series, created by Go Nagai. It was the successor of Aphrodite A after its destruction.She was named after Diana the Roman goddess of hunt.- History :...

    , fictional mecha, Mazinger Z sidekick, after the demise of Aphrodite A

Geography

  • Diana, Madagascar
    Diana, Madagascar
    Diana is a region in Madagascar. The region is the most northerly part of the island. It borders the adjacent regions of Sava to the east and Sofia to the south. It covers an area of 19,266 km2., and had an estimated population of 485,800 in 2004...

    , a region in Madagascar
  • Diana, New York
    Diana, New York
    Diana is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 1,661 at the 2000 census.The Town of Diana is on the northeast border of the county and is northeast of Watertown. The northwest part of Diana is in the Fort Drum military reservation.- History :The Town of Diana was...

    , a town in Lewis County, New York, United States
  • Diana Strait
    Diana Strait
    Diana Strait is a strait, located at , separating islands of Ketoi and Simushir in the Kuril Islands, Russia....

    , strait in the Kuril Islands, Russia
  • Diana Fortress
    Diana Fortress
    The Diana Fortress is a Roman castrum built in 100-101 AD in Kladovo, Serbia.It is located on cliffs above the Danube in the Karatas archaeological site near Kladovo. The main buildings were built on a strategic location overlooking the Danube frontier with stone in 100 AD during the reign of...

    , ancient Roman castrum in Serbia
  • Diana, Iraq, a village in northern Iraq
  • Diana, Silesian Voivodeship
    Diana, Silesian Voivodeship
    Diana is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielowieś, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wielowieś, north of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

    , a village in south Poland

Other

  • Diana, a Roman fortress in the Serbian city of Golubac
    Golubac
    Golubac is a village and municipality in north-eastern Serbia, on the right side of the Danube river. It is bordered by Romania to the east, Veliko Gradište to the west and Kučevo to the south...

  • Diana (1840 ship)
    Diana (1840 ship)
    Diana was a whaling ship built in 1840, in Bremen, Germany. She sailed out of Hull, England. In 1858 a steam engine was installed, making her the first steam-powered whaler to sail from Hull ....

    , a 19th-century whaling ship
  • Russian cruiser Diana (1899)
    Russian cruiser Diana (1899)
    The Diana was the second of three Pallada-class protected cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy. The cruiser served as part of the First Pacific Squadron at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War and took part in the Battle of the Yellow Sea on August 10, 1904. Later, she served as part...

    , a cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy
  • Diana camera
    Diana camera
    The Diana camera is a plastic-bodied box camera utilizing 120 rollfilm. Most versions take 16 photographs per roll in a non-standard format of 4.2cm square using a simple plastic meniscus lens, although some are capable of 12 6 x 6cm exposures...

    , an inexpensive toy box camera popular with art photographers
  • Diana Department Store
    Diana Department Store
    Diana Department Store Public Company Limited is a Thai public limited company that operates a chain of department stores in southern Thailand....

    , a chain of department stores in southern Thailand
  • Diana Monkey
    Diana Monkey
    The Diana monkey is an Old World monkey found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Côte d'Ivoire.The Diana monkey ranges from 40 to 55 cm in length, excluding its tail, which is of a uniform 3–4 cm diameter and 50–75 cm long. Adults weigh between 4–7 kg...

    , a West African member of the Old World Monkey superfamily or Cercopithecidae
  • Diana Motors Company
    Diana Motors Company
    The Diana Motors Company was an early United States automobile manufacturing company which produced automobiles from 1925 to 1928. The St. Louis based company was a subsidiary of the Moon Motor Car company....

    , a Vintage Era automobile company.
  • Diana (swimwear)
    Diana (swimwear)
    Diana is an Italian manufacturer of swimwear established in 1947....

    , a swimwear manufacturer


DIANA may refer to:
  • DIANA (intermediate language)
    DIANA (intermediate language)
    DIANA, the Descriptive Intermediate Attributed Notation for Ada, is an intermediate language used to represent the semantics of an Ada program. It was originally designed as an interface between the front end and middle of the compiler on the one hand and the back end on the other...

    , an IDL-based data structure used in Ada compilers and within the PL/SQL runtime system
  • DIANA Mayer & Grammelspacher
    DIANA Mayer & Grammelspacher
    DIANA Mayer & Grammelspacher is a German air gun manufacturer based in Rastatt. It was founded in 1890 by Jakob Mayer and Josef Grammelspacher....

    , a German airgun manufacturer
  • Democratic Renewal
    Democratic Renewal
    Democratic Renewal was a Greek political party founded by Konstantinos Stephanopoulos on September 6, 1985. It continued to exist until June 1994....

    , a political party in Greece
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