Dione

dione Translingual thumb mul seaweed Etymology mul la Diōnē of Jupiter, from mul grc Διώνη of Zeus Proper noun 1 f genus family Nymphalidae certain butterflies genus family Bangiaceae eyelash seaweed Hypernyms butterfly genus ; Heliconiinae subfamily subfamily; Heliconiini tribe tribe Hyponyms butterfly genus Dione juno species type species; Dione glycera species, Dione moneta species species References Dione (butterfly) 1 1 English Etymology From en la Diōnē of Jupiter, from en grc Διώνη of Zeus. Pronunciation en /daɪˈoʊni/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dione.wav Southern England Proper noun ~ en Greek mythology Mother of Aphrodite, and possibly the same as the goddess Rhea. en Moons of Saturn en astronomy en moon system:suf/Jupiter star system/Solar System; The fourth largest moon of Saturn. en female Ancient Greek. en French Derived terms en Dionean Translations mythology Armenian: hy Դիոնե Danish: da Dione Finnish: fi Dione French: fr Dioné f Georgian: ka Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Διώνη f Inuktitut: iu ᑎᐆᓂ Italian: it Dione f Japanese: ja ディオーネー Diōnē Korean: ko ^디오네 Russian: ru Дио́на f moon of Saturn Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 土衛四 Finnish: fi Dione French: fr Dioné f German: de Dione f Italian: it Dione m Japanese: ja ディオネ Dione Korean: ko ^디오네 Polish: pl Dione Russian: ru Дио́на f Spanish: es Dione name Russian: ru Дио́на f See also en Dion Dionne Deon Dyon Deeon Deion Deyon Anagrams en deino on-die inode Denio Deion Edoni Italian it: Etymology From it grc Διώνη. Proper noun f it Greek god en Dione it astronomy a moon of Saturn Anagrams it deino Deino it Moons of Saturn Latin Proper noun la proper noun form Diōne la Diōn abl s References Norwegian Bokmål Dione no thumb|Dione on the north frieze of the Pergamon Altar. thumb|Saturn's moon Dione as imaged by the Cassini spacecraft in 2008. Etymology nb ine-pro *dyew- nb, borrowed from nb la Dĭōnē Dione, from nb grc Διώνη Dione. The Ancient Greek name is derived by syncope from earlier nb grc Διϝωνη, ultimately from nb ine-pro *DiwHóneh₂ one under the authority of Zeus or heaven, from ine-pro *dyew- sky, heaven; god + ine-pro *-Hō. The name is thus essentially a feminine counterpart to Zeus. The moon of Saturn was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini Giovanni Cassini in 1684 and later named after the mythological Dione as part of John Herschel's naming scheme for Saturn's moons. Compare the parallel adaptations da Dione, sv Dione, de Dione, fi Dione, fr Dioné and en Dione. Pronunciation nb /¹dɪˈuː.nə/ [dɪˈùː.nə̌] nb uːnə 3 nb Di o ne Proper noun nb proper noun nb Greek goddess Dione; a goddess in Greek mythology, in some traditions worshipped as the wife of Zeus and regarded as the mother of Aphrodite nb Dione ble i noen tradisjoner regnet som Afrodites mor. In some traditions, Dione was regarded as the mother of Aphrodite. nb 24 February 2025 Store norske leksikon Dione https://snl.no/Dione Dione er en gudinne, egentlig en hunkjønnsform av Zevs. Dione is a goddess, essentially a feminine form of Zeus. https://web.archive.org/web/20260821180123/https://snl.no/Dione 21 August 2026 nb astronomy Dione; a moon of Saturn, discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini Giovanni Cassini in 1684 and named after the mythological Dione nb Dione bruker omtrent 2,7 døgn på ett omløp rundt Saturn. Dione takes about 2.7 days to orbit Saturn once. nb 24 February 2025 Maria Hammerstrøm and Kaare Aksnes Store norske leksikon Dione – måne https://snl.no/Dione_-_måne Dione er en av Saturns måner. Dione is one of Saturn's moons. https://web.archive.org/web/20251112090649/https://snl.no/Dione_-_m%C3%A5ne 12 November 2025 See also References “Dione – måne” in Store norske leksikon. nb Moons of Saturn nb eponyms Polish pl: Etymology pl :lbor grc:Διώνη + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun f 1 pl astronomy Dione moon in Jupiter system, Solar System; The fourth largest moon of Saturn See also Further reading pl Moons of Saturn Welsh Etymology cy en Dione, from cy la Diōnē of Jupiter, from cy grc Διώνη of Zeus. Pronunciation cy /diˈɔnɛ/ cy-N cy /diˈoːnɛ/ /diˈɔnɛ/ cy-S Proper noun m cy Greek mythology en Dione the mother of Aphrodite cy astronomy en Dione a moon of Saturn See also Mutation cy Moons of Saturn