Selene

English

Selene

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: sĕlēʹnĭ, IPA: /sɛˈliːnɪ/, X-SAMPA: /sE"li:nI/

Proper noun

Selene

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of the Moon; daughter of Hyperion and Theia, sister of Helios and Eos, mother of the Menae, (the goddesses of the lunar months within a olympiad). Her Roman counterpart is Luna.
2. (rare) A female given name.
3. (poetic) the moon

Translations

Greek moon goddess

• Chinese: 月宮女神
• French: Séléné (fr) f
• Inuktitut: ᓯᓖᓂ (iu) (Siliini)
• Japanese: セレーネー (Serēnē)

• Portuguese: Selene (pt) f
• Russian: Селе́на (ru) (Seléna) f
• Spanish: Selene (es)

female given name

• Japanese: セレネ (Serene)

• Russian: Селе́на (ru) (Seléna) f

Related terms

• Selena
• selenography
• selenology
• selenium
• selenite

External links

• Selene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia