Diana most commonly refers to: *

Diana (name) Diana is a feminine given name of Latin language, Latin and Greek origins, referring to the Roman goddess Diana (mythology), Diana, goddess of the hunt and the moon. It came into use in the Anglosphere in the 1600s by classically educated pare ...

, given name (including a list of people with the name) *

Diana (mythology) Diana is a goddess in Religion in ancient Rome, Roman religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside and nature, hunters, wildlife, childbirth, crossroads, the night, and the Moon. She is Syncretism, equated with the Greek myth ...

, ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon *

Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William, ...

(1961–1997), formerly Lady Diana Spencer, activist, philanthropist, and member of the British royal family Diana may also refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

Africa

Diana (see) Ain Zana (Aïn-Zana) is a town and commune in Souk Ahras Province in north-eastern Algeria. It is the site of Diana Veteranorum, a former ancient city and bishopric in Numidia. It is now the Latin Catholic titular see, Diana. History Diana was ...

, a town and commune in Souk Ahras Province in north-eastern Algeria * Diana's Peak, the highest point on the island of Saint Helena *

Diana Region Diana is a region in Madagascar at the northern part of the island. It borders the regions of Sava to the southeast and Sofia to the southwest. It covers an area of 19,266 km2, and had a population of 889,736 in 2018. The regional capital is ...

, a region in Madagascar * Diana Veteranorum, an ancient city, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in Algeria

Asia

Diana, Iraq Soran () or Diyana (, ) is a city in Erbil Governorate, and the capital of Soran District in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Soran is one of the largest cities in Kurdistan Region with a population of about 350,000 people. History The city and district o ...

, a town in Iraqi Kurdistan

Europe

* Diana (Rozvadov), an almost abandoned settlement in the Czech Republic * Diana, Silesian Voivodeship, a village in south Poland * Diana Fort, an ancient Roman castrum in Serbia * Diana Park, a small park in Helsinki, Finland *

Diana Strait Diana Strait (Russian: ; Japanese: ) is a deep strait that separates the islands of Ketoy and Simushir in the Kuril Islands, Russia. It is 16.1 km (about 10 mi) wide. The flood tidal current in the strait sets northwest, while the ebb f ...

, a strait in the Kuril Islands, Russia * Diana, a Roman fort in the Serbian city of

Golubac Golubac ( sr-Cyrl, Голубац, ; ) is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of eastern Serbia. Situated on the right side of the Danube river, it is bordered by Romania to the east, Veliko Gradište to the west and ...

North America

Diana, New York Diana is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 1,709 at the 2010 census. The town is on the northeastern border of the county and is located northeast of Watertown. The northwestern section of Diana is in the Fort ...

, a town in Lewis County, New York, United States * Diana, Saskatchewan, a ghost town in Canada

Astronomy

78 Diana 78 Diana is a large and dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on March 15, 1863, and named after Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt. The asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of with a period of ...

, an asteroid *

Diana (crater) Mons Esam is a small, isolated mountain in the northern part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It is located to the southeast of the crater Vitruvius (crater), Vitruvius and to the west-northwest of Lyell (lunar crater), Lyell. To the northeast of t ...

, a crater on the Moon

Media

Books and comics

* ''Diana'' (pastoral romance), a 1559 text by Jorge de Montemayor * Diana (Sailor Moon), the future daughter of Artemis and Luna, good friends with Pluto and Chibiusa; named for the goddess *

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comic ...

's real name, despite having more to do with Greek than Roman mythology * ''Diana'', a British comics series targeted at young girls, published by

DC Thomson DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded by David Couper Thomson in 1905, it is best known for publishing ''The Courier (Dundee), The Courier'', ''Evening Telegraph (Dundee), The Evening Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Pos ...

from 1963 to 1976

Film

* ''

4 Hearts ''4 Hearts'' () is a Portuguese film directed by Manuel Mozos Manuel Mozos (born June 1959, in Lisbon) is a Portuguese film director. Biography Mozos studied history and philosophy before enrolling at the School of Theatre and Cinema, ...

'', a 2008 Portuguese film developed under the title ''Diana'' * ''Diana'' (2013 film), a British film about Diana, Princess of Wales * ''Diana'' (2018 film), a Spanish psychological thriller * Diana (''Lights Out''), a character in the 2013 and 2016 films * Diana "Dayan", a fictional dayan (Indian witch) in the 2013 Indian film ''

Ek Thi Dayan ''Ek Thi Daayan'' ('Once there was a witch') is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror (genre), horror thriller film directed by Kannan Iyer, adapted from the short story ''Mobius Trips'' by Mukul Sharma (writer), Mukul Sharma. The fil ...

'', Diana being a word play on dayan

Television

* ''Diana'' (American TV series), a 1973–1974 sitcom starring Diana Rigg * ''Diana'' (British TV series), a 1984 drama starring Patsy Kensit and Jenny Seagrove * "Diana" (''Spooks''), 2005, final episode of the 4th series of ''Spooks'', concerning the former Princess of Wales

Theatre

* ''Diana'' (musical), a 2019 musical based on the life of Princess Diana

Music

Diana (band) DIANA is a Canadian synthpop band, consisting of Carmen Elle (vocals), Joseph Shabason (keyboards) and Kieran Adams (drums). Their debut album ''Perpetual Surrender'' was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. ...

, a rock group from Toronto, Canada

Albums

* ''

Diana! ''Diana!'' is the first solo television special of American singer Diana Ross and aired on ABC on April 18, 1971. The special was choreographed by David Winters of ''West Side Story'' fame, who at that time choreographed all of Ross' stage a ...

'', a 1971 Diana Ross TV special, also released as live album * ''Diana'' (album), a 1980 Chic-produced album by Diana Ross

Songs

* "Diana" (Paul Anka song), 1957 * "Diana", a single by Comus from their 1971 album '' First Utterance'' * "Diana", a song by Wayne Shorter from Herbie Hancock's 1977 album '' Tempest in the Colosseum'' * "Diana" (Bryan Adams song), 1984 * "Diana" (One Direction song), 2013 * "Diana" (Pop Smoke song), 2020 * "What Have You Got Planned Tonight, Diana" or just "Diana", Merle Haggard and The Strangers from the 1976 album '' The Roots of My Raising''

Paintings

* ''Diana'' (Renoir painting), an 1867 painting * ''Diana'' (Vouet), a 1637 painting

Sculptures

* ''Diana'' (Felderhoff), an 1898 bronze sculpture in Berlin, Germany * ''Diana'' (Saint-Gaudens), an 1893 statue, a former New York City landmark * ''Diana'' (Wiken), a public art work in Milwaukee, Wisconsin *

Diana of Versailles The ''Diana of Versailles'' or ''Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt'' () is a slightly over-lifesize marble statue of the Roman goddess Diana (mythology), Diana Artemis, (Greek: Artemis) with a deer. It is now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The statu ...

Technology

* Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA), a NATO organization aiming of facilitate the development of dual-use technologies * Diana (agricultural machinery), a Greek truck and tractor brand *

Diana (camera) The Diana camera is a plastic-bodied toy camera that uses 120 film, 120 roll film and 135 film, 35 mm film. The camera has a simple plastic meniscus lens. Originally marketed as an inexpensive novelty gift item, the Diana has been used to take s ...

, an inexpensive toy box camera popular with art photographers *

DIANA (intermediate language) DIANA (Descriptive Intermediate Attributed Notation for Ada) is an intermediate language used to represent the semantics of an Ada program. History It was originally designed as an interface between the compiler front end (syntactic analysis) a ...

, an IDL-based data structure used in Ada compilers and within the PL/SQL runtime system * Diana (locomotive), a steam locomotive * DIANA FEA, a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) solver * DIANA Mayer & Grammelspacher, a German airgun manufacturer * Diana Motors Company, a Vintage Era automobile company * DIANA (DIvisive ANAlysis), a divisive clustering algorithm

Other uses

* ''Diana'' (ship), a list of ships with the name *

Diana (swimwear) Diana most commonly refers to: * Diana (name), given name (including a list of people with the name) * Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon * Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), ...

, a swimwear manufacturer *

Diana monkey The Diana monkey (''Cercopithecus diana'') is an Old World monkey found in the high canopy forests in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and western Côte d’Ivoire Named for its white brow which is said to resemble the bow of the Roman goddess Diana, thi ...

, a West African member of the Old World monkey superfamily or Cercopithecidae *

Democratic Renewal Democratic Renewal (DIANA, Greek language, Greek: ''Δημοκρατική Ανανέωση'' (ΔΗ.ΑΝΑ.), ''Dimokratiki Ananeosi'') was a Greece, Greek political party founded by Konstantinos Stephanopoulos on September 6, 1985. It continue ...

(DIANA), a political party in Greece