Diana - Wiktionary

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Translingual

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Diana f

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrobiidae – synonym of Dianella (certain snails).
(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Asphodelaceae – synonym of Dianella (flax lilies)..
(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cercopithecidae – synonym of Cercopithecus (guenons).

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:DianaWikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:Diana (goddess)Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:78 DianaWikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus +‎ -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”) + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂.

Originally an Old Italic divinity of light and the moon; later identified as the Roman counterpart to Greek goddess Artemis. Cognate of Attic Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē), similarly syncopated from older Ancient Greek Διϝωνη (Diwōnē), whence via Latin Diōne is derived English Dione used in various ways across astronomy, chemistry, biology, and as a given name. From the same root Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- also potentially cognate to English June via Latin Jūnō.

Pronunciation

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(UK, General American) IPA(key): /daɪˈænə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ænə

Proper noun

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Diana

(Roman mythology) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 19:27:: So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and all the world worshippeth.
(astronomy) 78 Diana, a main belt asteroid.
(astronomy, mythology) The Moon; the Moon as a deity.
- 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 138:She betook herself to the bedroom in the western wing, there to lie and watch pale Diana chase the Hunter down the sky.
A female given name from Latin.
- 1605, William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith, published 1870, page 56:But succeeding ages (little regarding S. Chrysosthome's admonition to the contrary) have recalled prophane names, so as now Diana, Cassandra, Hyppolytus, Venus, Lais, names of unhappy disaster are as rife, as ever they were in paganism.
- 1993, James Kirkup, Queens Have Died Young and Fair, P. Owen, →ISBN, page 94:A wholesome British name like Diana, Anne, Margaret or Elizabeth impresses a judge much more than all your vulgar Marilyns, Donnas, Madonnas and Dawns.

Coordinate terms

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(Eternal Virgin Goddesses): Artemis, Athena/Minerva, Hestia/Vesta

Derived terms

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Diana butterfly
Diana fritillary
Diana monkey

Related terms

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Di
Diane
Dianna
Dianne

Descendants

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→ Hawaiian: Kiana
- → English: Kiana
→ Serbo-Croatian: Дајана, Dajana
→ Spanish: Dayana

Translations

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Armenian: Դիանա (hy) (Diana)
Chinese: Mandarin: 狄安娜 (Dí'ānnà), 狄阿娜 (Dí'ānà)
Coptic: ⲇⲓⲁⲛⲏ (dianē)
Czech: Diana (cs) f
Danish: Diana
Dutch: Diana (nl) f
Estonian: Diana
French: Diane (fr) f
Georgian: დიანა (diana)
German: Diana (de) f
Greek: Άρτεμις (el) f (Ártemis)
Hindi: डायना f (ḍāynā)
Italian: Diana (it)
Japanese: ダイアナ (Daiana)
Latin: Dīāna f, Jāna f, Iāna, Diāna, Dīvāna
Latvian: Diāna f
Marathi: डायना f (ḍāynā)
Middle English: Diane, Dyan, Dyane
Polish: Diana (pl) f
Portuguese: Diana (pt) f
Russian: Диа́на (ru) f (Diána)
Spanish: Diana (es) f
Swedish: Diana (sv)
Vietnamese: thần Đi-anh

female given name

Chinese: Mandarin: 戴安娜 (zh) (Dài'ānnà), 黛安娜 (zh) (Dài'ānnà)
Coptic: ⲇⲓⲁⲛⲏ (dianē)
Czech: Diana (cs) f
Danish: Diana
Estonian: Diana
French: Diane (fr) f
Galician: Diana (gl) f
Georgian: დიანა (diana)
German: Diana (de) f
Hebrew: דיאנה f
Hindi: डायना f (ḍāynā)
Italian: Diana (it)
Japanese: ダイアナ (Daiana)
Kazakh: Дайана (Daiana)
Latvian: Diāna f
Marathi: डायना f (ḍāynā)
Norwegian: Diana f
Polish: Diana (pl) f
Portuguese: Diana (pt) f
Russian: Диа́на (ru) f (Diána), Дайа́на (ru) f (Dajána)
Spanish: Diana (es) f
Swedish: Diana (sv)

Noun

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Diana (plural Dianas)

A Diana monkey.
A Diana fritillary.

Anagrams

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Adina, Aidan, Andai, IANAD, Ida'an, Nadia, Naiad, naiad

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Diana, borrowed from Latin Diāna.

Proper noun

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Diana

a female given name from English [in turn from Latin]
(Roman mythology) Diana; the daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis
(astronomy) the asteroid 78 Diana

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:DianaWikipedia cs

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈdɪjana]

Proper noun

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Diana f

(Roman mythology) Diana (Roman goddess)
a female given name, equivalent to English Diana

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	Diana	Diany
genitive	Diany	Dian
dative	Dianě	Dianám
accusative	Dianu	Diany
vocative	Diano	Diany
locative	Dianě	Dianách
instrumental	Dianou	Dianami

Danish

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Proper noun

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Diana

(Roman mythology) Diana
a female given name, equivalent to English Diana

Estonian

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Proper noun

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Diana

(Roman mythology) Diana
a female given name, equivalent to English Diana

Faroese

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Proper noun

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Diana f

a female given name, equivalent to English Diana

Usage notes

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Matronymics

son of Diana: Dianuson
daughter of Diana: Dianudóttir

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative	Diana
accusative	Dianu
dative	Dianu
genitive	Dianu

German

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Pronunciation

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Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Proper noun

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Diana f (genitive Dianas or Diana)

(Roman mythology) Diana
a female given name, equivalent to English Diana

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin Diana.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈdja.na/, /diˈa.na/[1]
Rhymes: -ana
Hyphenation: Dià‧na, Di‧à‧na

Proper noun

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Diana f

(Roman mythology) Diana
a female given name, equivalent to English Diana

Proper noun

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Diana m or f by sense

a surname

References

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^ Diana in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Nadia, andai, danai

Japanese

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Romanization

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Diana

Rōmaji transcription of ディアナ

Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:DianaWikipedia la

Alternative forms

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Deiana
Deana, Iāna, Jāna

Etymology

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Original form with long i Dīāna, derived by syncope from Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus +‎ -āna; some inscriptions read Deiana or Deana, akin to deus +‎ -āna; both feminine stem words dīva and dea meaning “goddess” derived from Old Latin deiva, from Proto-Italic *deiwā from Proto-Indo-European *deywós from *dyew- (“heaven, day sky; to shine”). See Old Latin Diēspiter, a primitive form of Iuppiter, formed by appending a suffix to Latin diēs, cognate to both dīvus and deus.

Diana is also called Iāna (“Jana”), analogous to procope of Old Latin Diovis into Iovis (“Jove”).

The form Dīviāna occurs in Varro's attempt to explain the etymology of the name, with the now-discredited explanation that "quod luna in altitudinem et latitudinem simul <i>t, Diviana, appellata"; the intention seems to be to derive the name from dēviō (“stray, deviate”), from via (“road”).[1] If Dīviāna was a genuinely used variant form (rather than a hypothetical form proposed as a precursor), it appears to represent a univerbation dīva +‎ Iāna, literally “Goddess Jana”.[2]

Compare Attic Greek Δῐώνη (Dĭṓnē), Doric Greek Διώνᾱ (Diṓnā), syncopated from Διϝωνᾱ (Diwōnā), from a shared root, whence by analogical formation also evolved Latin Iūnō(nis).

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [diːˈaː.na], [diˈaː.na]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [diˈaː.na]

Proper noun

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Dī̆āna f (genitive Dī̆ānae); first declension

(Roman mythology) Diana, the daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated with wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Greek goddess Artemis.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular	plural
nominative	Dī̆āna	Dī̆ānae
genitive	Dī̆ānae	Dī̆ānārum
dative	Dī̆ānae	Dī̆ānīs
accusative	Dī̆ānam	Dī̆ānās
ablative	Dī̆ānā	Dī̆ānīs
vocative	Dī̆āna	Dī̆ānae

Descendants

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Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: giana, jana (“fairy, witch”)
Balkano-Romance:
- Aromanian: dzãnã, zãnã
- Romanian: zână
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: iana (“fairy, witch”) (Tuscan)
- ⇒ Neapolitan: janara (“witch”)
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: gene (“mischievous fairy”)
- Old Occitan: jana (“nightmare”)
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: xana
- Galician: xa (“mischievous fairy”)
Borrowings:
- →? Albanian: zanë

As a female given name:

→ Belarusian: Дзіяна (Dzijana)
→ Bulgarian: Диана (Diana)
→ Catalan: Diana
→ Coptic: Ⲇⲓⲁⲛⲏ (Dianē)
→ Czech: Diana
→ Danish: Diana
→ Dutch: Diana
→ English: Diana (see there for further descendants)
→ Estonian: Diana
→ Faroese: Diana
→ French: Diane (see there for further descendants)
→ German: Diana
→ Hungarian: Diána
→ Icelandic: Díana
→ Italian: Diana
→ Latvian: Diāna
→ Lithuanian: Diana
→ Macedonian: Дијана (Dijana)
→ Norwegian: Diana
→ Polish: Diana
→ Portuguese: Diana
→ Romani: Teany
→ Romanian: Diana
→ Russian: Диана (Diana)
→ Serbo-Croatian: Дијана, Dijana
→ Slovak: Diana
→ Slovene: Dijana
→ Spanish: Diana
→ Swedish: Diana
→ Ukrainian: Діана (Diana)

References

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^ Roland G. Kent (1938), T.E. Page, E. Capps, W. H. D. Rouse, editors, Varro On The Latin Language‎[1], volume I, London: William Heinemann Ltd., →ISBN, pages 64-65
^ Edward Greswell (1854), Origines Kalendariæ Italicæ, Nundinal Calendars of Ancient Italy, Nundinal Calendar of Romulus, Calendar of Numa Pompilius, Calendar of the Decemvirs, Irregular Roman Calendar, and Julian Correction. Tables of the Roman Calendar, from U.C. 4 of Varro B.C. 750 to U.C. 1108 A.D. 355.‎[2], volume I, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →OCLC, page 362

Lithuanian

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Proper noun

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Diana f

a female given name

Middle English

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Proper noun

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Diana

alternative form of Diane

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:DianaWikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin Diāna, from Latin Dīāna, from Old Latin Dīvāna.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈdja.na/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: Dia‧na

Proper noun

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Diana f

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Diana

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	Diana	Diany
genitive	Diany	Dian
dative	Dianie	Dianom
accusative	Dianę	Diany
instrumental	Dianą	Dianami
locative	Dianie	Dianach
vocative	Diano	Diany

Proper noun

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Diana f

(Roman mythology) Diana (Roman goddess)

Declension

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singular
nominative	Diana
genitive	Diany
dative	Dianie
accusative	Dianę
instrumental	Dianą
locative	Dianie
vocative	Diano

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Diāna. Doublet of Daiane and Daiana.

Pronunciation

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(Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/

(Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɐ.na/ [d͡ʒɪˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɐ.na/

(Portugal) IPA(key): /diˈɐ.nɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈdjɐ.nɐ/

(Portugal) IPA(key): /diˈɐ.nɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈdjɐ.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /diˈa.nɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈdja.nɐ/

Hyphenation: Di‧a‧na

Proper noun

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Diana f (plural Dianas)

(Roman mythology) Diana (Roman goddess)
a female given name, equivalent to English Diana

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈdi̯ana]

Proper noun

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Diana f (diminutive Dianka)

a female given name, equivalent to English Diana
(Roman mythology) Diana

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	Diana	Diany
genitive	Diany	Dián
dative	Diane	Dianám
accusative	Dianu	Diany
locative	Diane	Dianách
instrumental	Dianou	Dianami

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin Diāna.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈdjana/ [ˈd̪ja.na]
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: Dia‧na

Proper noun

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Diana f

(Roman mythology) Diana
a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Diana

Related terms

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Dayana

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Audio: (file)

Proper noun

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Diana c (genitive Dianas)

(Roman mythology) Diana
a female given name, equivalent to English Diana

Tag » What Is Diana The Goddess Of

Translingual

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English

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Noun

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Cebuano

Etymology

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Czech

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Further reading

Danish

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Estonian

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Faroese

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Usage notes

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German

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Italian

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Japanese

Romanization

Latin

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Descendants

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Lithuanian

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Middle English

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Polish

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Portuguese

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Slovak

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Spanish

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Swedish