See also: selēna and selēnā

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

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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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Selena f

  1. a female given name

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Matronymics

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

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Selena
Accusative Selenu
Dative Selenu
Genitive Selenu

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From Selene, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē).

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Selena f (masculine Seleno)

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

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Selena f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Selena

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē).

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

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Sèlēna f (Cyrillic spelling Сѐле̄на)

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

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

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Selena f

  1. a female given name

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English Selena.

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  • Hyphenation: Se‧le‧na
  • IPA(key): /seˈlina/, [sɛˈli.nɐ]

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Selena (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜈ)

  1. a female given name from English