Tiana
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Modern contraction of Tatiana and Christiana. In the USA it is also explained as a form of Diana in such unrelated languages as Samoan and Cherokee (but the author Tiana Bighorse is a Navajo).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Proper noun
[edit]Tiana
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1962, Marion Karl Wisehart, Sam Houston, American Giant, R. B. Luce, page 60:
- By Cherokee custom he married Tiana Rogers Gentry; within the tribe it was a real marriage, not a casual liaison. To Houston and to other whites his wife was known as Diana.