Ariana
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Modern simplification of Arianna, Ariane and Arianne, all forms of the Greek name Ariadne ("most holy"; Cretan Greek αρι (ari) "most" and αδνος (adnos) "holy"). There has been some confusion with the similar sounding and equally fashionable Adriana and Adrienne.
- By folk etymology also associated with Welsh arian (“silver”).
Proper noun [edit]
Ariana
- A female given name.
References [edit]
- Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Latin Ariāna.
Proper noun [edit]
Ariana
- a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of ancient period for a district of wide extent between Central Asia and the Indus River, comprehending the eastern provinces of the Achaemenid Empire that covered entire modern-day Afghanistan, east and southeast of Iran, Tajikistan and northwestern Pakistan
Translations [edit]
general geographical term for a district of wide extent between Central Asia and the Indus River
