Selene

[si-lee-nee]

noun

the Greek goddess of the moon.Compare Thyone.

Also Se·le·na. a female given name.

Origin of Selene

From the Greek word Selḗnē the moon

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Examples from the Web for selena

Contemporary Examples of selena

Missy Suicide, formerly known as Selena Mooney, is in New York for a series of brand-expansion meetings.
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Marlow Stern
December 9, 2014
Taylor Swift saw Selena Gomez kissing Bieber backstage at an awards show, and made a very obvious “yuck” face.
13 Celebrities Who Dissed Justin Bieber
Kevin Fallon
August 7, 2014
Gomez voluntarily spent two weeks in rehab last month, and Demi sticks up for bestie Selena as she works out her emotional life.
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Culture Team
February 7, 2014
If you want revenge on Justin Bieber for hurting poor Selena and also for all that other stuff, you're not alone.
Justin Bieber Has Been Drag Racing Down the Road to Recovery
Amy Zimmerman
February 5, 2014
New York Times Justin Bieber opens up about Selena Gomez in new song 'Heartbreaker'.
Lady Gaga Goes Naked on ‘ARTPOP’ Album Cover, Miley Cyrus Insults Matt Lauer’s Sex Life
Culture Team
October 7, 2013

Historical Examples of selena

Selena pulled her tall-grass French on a Hackman, but there was nothing doing.
Ade's Fables
George Ade
Selena was still buying Souvenirs, but doing it mechanically, as if in a Trance.
Ade's Fables
George Ade
The die was cast; she could not bear Selena's slurs and she would not.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
Lucy Maud Montgomery
All summer she had made much of Jed, by way of tormenting Selena.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
Lucy Maud Montgomery
In the old days Selena could cow her, but that time was past.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
Lucy Maud Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for selena

Selene

noun

the Greek goddess of the moonRoman counterpart: Luna

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Word Origin and History for selena

Selene

moon goddess, equivalent of Latin Luna, from Greek selene "the moon; name of the moon goddess," related to selas "light, brightness, bright flame, flash of an eye," from PIE root *swel- (2) "to shine, beam" (cf. Sanskrit svargah "heaven," Lithuanian svilti "to singe," Old English swelan "to be burnt up," Middle Low German swelan "to smolder"); related to swelter, sultry. Related: Selenian "of or pertaining to the moon as a world," 1660s.