Selena

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See also: selēna and selēnā

English

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Etymology

Either a variant of Selina, from Latin Caelīna (heavenly, from caelum (sky, heaven)), or from Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Selena

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 1893, William Wallace, After the Revolution: And Other Holiday Fantasies, W. Hodge, →ISBN, page 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.
    • 2004, D. L. Lepidus, The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 2003, Smith and Kraus, →ISBN, page 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.

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Anagrams

Faroese

Proper noun

Selena f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Selena: Selenuson
  • daughter of Selena: Selenudóttir

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Selena
accusative Selenu
dative Selenu
genitive Selenu

Italian

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Etymology

From Selene, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē).

Proper noun

Selena f (masculine Seleno)

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Selena f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Selena

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sěleːna/
  • Hyphenation: Se‧le‧na

Proper noun

Sèlēna f (Cyrillic spelling Сѐле̄на)

  1. Selene (Greek goddess)
  2. a female given name; Selena, Selene

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈlena/
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: Se‧le‧na

Proper noun

Selena f

  1. a female given name

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Selena.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Selena (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜈ)

  1. a female given name from English