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Selena
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selēna selēnā
English
<dab>
Etymology
Either a variant of en Selina, from en la Caelīna heavenly from la caelum sky, heaven, or from en Selene, the en grc - goddess of the moon.
Pronunciation
en /sɪˈliːnə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Selena.wav Southern England
en /səˈlinə/ GA
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek.
en 1893 William Wallace After the Revolution: And Other Holiday Fantasies W. Hodge 9781163568613 163 I promised Selena — her full name I ascertained in due course was Selena Judith Hephzibah — that I would. I would have promised her anything.
en 2004 D. L. Lepidus The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 2003 Smith and Kraus 1575253348 27 I have a younger sister, Jessica, who insists that everyone call her Selena because she feels the pain of the murdered Latin American rock star, and who just dropped out of school for the second time.
Derived terms
en Jelena Selenator
Translations
female given name
Bulgarian: bg Селена f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 莎麗娜 Shālìnà, cmn 塞萊娜 Sāiláinà
Czech: cs Selena f
Danish: da Celina c
French: fr Sélène f, fr Séléna f, fr Céline f
German: de Selina f, de Celina f, de Celine f
Hindi: hi सेलेना f
Italian: it Selena f, it Celina f
Japanese: ja セレーナ Serēna
Korean: ko ^셀레나
Norwegian: no Celine f, no Celina f
Polish: pl Celina f, pl Selena f
Portuguese: pt Selena f
Russian: ru Селе́на f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Сѐле̄на f
Latin: sh Sèlēna f
Slovene: sl Selena f
Spanish: es Selena f, es Celina f
Anagrams
en aeelns enseal Lanese selane aneles Lesane Elenas Eleans Anslee
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Selenuson Selenudóttir
Declension
Selena Selenu Selenu Selenu
Italian
it:Selene (nome)
Etymology
From it Selene, from it grc Σελήνη.
Proper noun
f (masculine it Seleno)
it female Ancient Greek
Related terms
it Selene
it Selenia
it Selenio
Anagrams
it aeelns Lanese lesena
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
pt female Selena
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From sh grc Σελήνη.
Pronunciation
Sèlēna
sh Se le na
Proper noun
Sèlēna f
Selene (Greek goddess)
sh female; en Selena, Selene
Declension
Sèlēna Sèlēnē Sèlēni Sèlēnu Sèlēno Sèlēni Sèlēnōm
sh Greek mythology
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Selena + 1
Pronunciation
Selina +
Proper noun
selina
tl female English