Di*a"na (?), n. [L. Diana.] Myth.

The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.

And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. Pope.

Diana monkey Zool., a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana).

 

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