Ariane

[ ar-ee-an; French a-ryan ]

/ ˌær iˈæn; French aˈryan /

Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.

a female given name, French form of Ariadne.

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Examples from the Web for ariane

As a mother to three daughters, Catharina-Amalia, Alexia, and Ariane, Máxima has passed her style down to the next generation.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Is a New Style Icon|Erin Cunningham|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ever the gentleman, however, he announced that he, together with Ariane, had read and appreciated the first two chapters.
Reading Nabokov to Nabokov|Lila Azam Zanganeh|February 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Ariane was born and raised in a two-star Michelin kitchen in Gascony, a rustic corner in Southwest France.
The Queen of Foie Gras|David Lincoln Ross|December 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But, at first, Ariane trained for a different career, graduating from Columbia with a journalism degree.
The Queen of Foie Gras|David Lincoln Ross|December 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST

This time she succeeded better than in Ariane, and went to the extreme of simplicity.
Later Queens of the French Stage|H. Noel Williams
Later on I found him the same invaluable collaborator when Ariane was put on at the Opra.
My Recollections|Jules Massenet
But to the astonishment of all Ariane bandages his wounds and the others help her.
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb
The actress was now indeed taking an ample revenge for the rebuff she had sustained in Ariane.
Later Queens of the French Stage|H. Noel Williams
Although to our way of thinking Bacchus was a distinct work, it should form a whole with Ariane.
My Recollections|Jules Massenet