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Selene

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Se⋅le⋅ne

  [si-lee-nee]
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–noun
1. the Greek goddess of the moon. Compare Thyone.
2. Also, Se⋅le⋅na. a female given name.
Origin:
< Gk Selnē the moon
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Se·le·ne   (sə-lē'nē)   
n.   Greek Mythology
The goddess of the moon.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Selene 
moon goddess, from Gk. selene "moon," related to selas "light, brightness, flame," from PIE base *swel- "to burn" (cf. Skt. svargah "heaven," Lith. svilti "to singe," O.E. swelan "to be burnt up," M.L.G. swelan "to smolder"); related to swelter, sultry. The element selenium was named in Mod.L. for Selene by Berzelius (1818), on analogy of tellurium, uranium, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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