Selene
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- proper noun
- /səˈliːni/
- Literature
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Selene
- Just me, Selene, and the road.
- Cleopatra Selene
- Selene and Alexander Helios
- Selene and Alexander
Examples
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One's a girl named April, and the other's a girl named Selene.
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I want to speak with Selene!
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We have much to discuss, Selene and I.
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Thanks, Selene, and as usual, you are right on target.
Blog text (13) -
Selene, Lane has her in the van.
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Selene, they're getting away on Parking Level 1.
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Hurry, Selene!
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Selene, where are you?
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Endymion wished to sleep forever on the slope of Mount Latmus so that he might revisit Selene.
Fiction book (1991) -
In Greek mythology, Selene is depicted as a beautiful woman who rides across the night sky in a chariot drawn by horses.
Synonyms
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8.1
A Roman goddess who represents the moon
Compounds
- Specialized
A silvery sea fish with a very flat body often called the Atlantic moonfish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Selene is the old Greek name for the 'Moon', like the Roman name Luna, so the goddess Selene was the person who drove the Moon across the night sky.