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ti⋅ta⋅ni⋅a

  [tahy-tey-nee-uh]
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–noun
synthetic rutile, TiO2, used as a gem.
Origin:
1920–25; < NL; see titanium, -a 4
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Ti⋅ta⋅ni⋅a

  [ti-tey-nee-uh, tahy-]
–noun
1. (in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) the wife of Oberon and the queen of fairyland.
2. Astronomy. one of the moons of Uranus.
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Ti·ta·ni·a   (tĭ-tā'nē-ə, -tān'yə, tī-)   
n.  

  1. The queen of the fairies and wife of Oberon in medieval folklore.

  2. A satellite of Uranus.


[From Latin Tītānia, the goddess Diana, sister to the sun, from feminine of Tītānius, of the Titans, from Tītān, Titan; see Titan.]
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Titania

the queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania, who opposes her husband, Oberon, bears some resemblance to Hera of Greek mythology.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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