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Dione (Usage: Greek Mythology)
How would this name properly be pronounced?dee-AHN?
die-O-nee?something else? Thanks!

DIONE (1)
Gender:
Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Διωνη (Ancient Greek)
From Greek Διος (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS". By extension, it means "goddess". This was the name of an obscure Greek goddess who, according to some legends, was the mother of Aphrodite.

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Dione (Usage: Greek Mythology)  ·  Nyx  ·  5/23/2010, 11:19 AM
Re: Dione (Usage: Greek Mythology)  ·  Hecate  ·  5/24/2010, 12:41 AM
Re: Dione (Usage: Greek Mythology)  ·  cute_boy85@hotmail.fr  ·  5/25/2010, 8:07 AM
Re: Dione (Usage: Greek Mythology)  ·  Nyx  ·  5/24/2010, 3:40 PM
Re: Dione (Usage: Greek Mythology)  ·  Claus  ·  6/21/2010, 5:38 PM