Dione may refer to:

Astronomy

106 Dione Dione (minor planet designation: 106 Dione) is a large main-belt asteroid. It probably has a composition similar to 1 Ceres. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on October 10, 1868, and named after Dione, a Titaness in Greek mythology who was som ...

, a large main belt asteroid * Dione (moon), a moon of Saturn * Helene (moon), a moon of Saturn sometimes referred to as "Dione B"

Mythology

* Dione (Titaness), a Titaness in Greek mythology * Dione (mythology), a name for various women in Greek mythology

Biology

* ''Dione'' (alga), a genus of red algae in the family Bangiaceae * ''Dione'' (butterfly), a genus in the family Heliconiinae * ''

Pitar dione ''Hysteroconcha dione'' or the elegant Venus clam, formerly known as ''Venus dione'', is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Hysteroconcha dione (Linnaeus, 1758). Accesse ...

'', the elegant venus clam

Boating

Dione 98 The Dione 98 is a sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull as an International Offshore Rule Half Ton class racer and first built in 1970. The boat's designation indicates its approximate length overall in decimetres. Production The boat wa ...

, a Spanish sailboat design

Chemistry

* Diketone (Dione), a molecule containing two ketone groups *

Ethylene dione Ethylene dione or ethylenedione, also called dicarbon dioxide, Carbon peroxide, ethenedione, or ethene-1,2-dione, is a chemical compound with the formula or . It is an oxide of carbon (an oxocarbon), and can be described as the carbon-carbon c ...

(ethylenedione, ethene dione, or ethene 1,2-dione), a hypothetical chemical compound with the formula C₂O₂ (O=C=C=O)

Given name

* Dione Lucas (1909–1971), English chef and first female graduate of Le Cordon Bleu * Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue, 1945), American R&B singer *

Dione Santos Dione Francisco dos Santos (born 25 July 1979) is a former Brazilian football player. Club career He made his Primeira Liga debut for Vitória Setúbal on 13 March 2005 in a game against Vitória Guimarães Vitoria or Vitória may refer to : P ...

(born 1979), Brazilian footballer *

Dione Taylor Dione Taylor is a Canadian blues, roots, soul and jazz singer/songwriter, born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. Dione calls her music the “''Prairie Blues''”, which is a mixture of Roots, Blues, Gospel and Americana. She is influenced by ...

, Canadian jazz singer

Literature

* ''Dione'' (play), a 1720 work by the British writer John Gay

Popular culture

* Dee Bliss (Dione "Dee" Rebecchi), from the Australian soap opera ''

Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...

'' * Thanos, a villain in Marvel Comics, was originally given the name by his mother

Surname

Dione (Serer surname) Dione (following its French spelling in Senegal) is a typical Serer surname.Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Institut français d'Afrique noire, "Bulletin: Sciences humaines, Volume 39", IFAN (1977), pp 18-19, In English speaking Gambia (wher ...

, a West African surname among the Serer people with no connection to the French "Dione" * Rose Dione (1875–1936), French actress * Aura Dione, Danish singer-songwriter

Other

Dione plc Dione may refer to: Astronomy *106 Dione, a large main belt asteroid *Dione (moon), a moon of Saturn *Helene (moon), a moon of Saturn sometimes referred to as "Dione B" Mythology *Dione (Titaness), a Titaness in Greek mythology *Dione (mythology) ...

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