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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Ariananoun

    city in Tunisia

Wiktionary

  1. Ariananoun

    a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of ancient period for a district of wide extent between Central Asia and the Indus River, comprehending the eastern provinces of the Achaemenid Empire that covered entire modern-day Afghanistan, east and southeast of Iran, Tajikistan and northwestern Pakistan

Wikipedia

  1. Ariana

    Aria was a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of the ancient period for a district of wide extent between Central Asia and the Indus River, comprising the eastern provinces of the Achaemenid Empire that covered the whole of modern-day Afghanistan, as well as the easternmost part of Iran and up to the Indus River in Pakistan. Ariana is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek Ἀρ(ε)ιανή Ar(e)ianē (inhabitants: Ariani; Ἀρ(ε)ιανοί Ar(e)ianoi), originating from the Old Persian word Ariyanem (Ariana) meaning 'the Land of the Aryans', similar to the use of Āryāvarta. At various times, various parts of the region were governed by the Persians (the Achaemenids from 550 to 330 BC, the Sasanians from 275 to 650 AD and the Kushano-Sasanians from 345 to 450 AD), the Macedonians, the Seleucids from 330 to 305 BC, the Maurya Empire from 305 BC to 184 BC, then the Greco-Bactrians from and the Indo-Greeks from 155 to 90 BC), the Indo-Scythians from 90 BC to 20 AD, the Parthians from 160 BC to 225 AD including the Indo-Parthians from 20 to 225 AD and the Kushans from 110 BC to 225 AD, the Xionites (the Kidarites from 360 to 465 AD and the Hephthalites from 450 to 565 AD) and various other Huna peoples.

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  1. ariana

    The name "Ariana" is of Italian origin and generally means "very holy one" or "most holy". It's a feminine given name popular in many different cultures. It can also refer to famous personalities named Ariana, such as American singer Ariana Grande or British-American actress Ariana Richards. Aside from being a personal name, Ariana might refer to several geographical locations like Ariana, a city in Tunisia, or the historical region Ariana in western and central Asia.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ARIANA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ariana is ranked #136449 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Ariana surname appeared 123 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ariana.

    43% or 53 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    42.2% or 52 total occurrences were White.
    5.6% or 7 total occurrences were Black.
    4.8% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ariana in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ariana in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ariana in a Sentence

  1. Mirwais Mirzakwal:

    There has been an airline crash but it does not belong to Ariana because the two flights managed by Ariana today from Herat to Kabul and Herat to Delhi are safe.

  2. Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo:

    Beyoncé is incredible and so is Ariana Grande, so I hope that folks will be smart enough to not buy into [ comparisons ].

  3. Read MoreWhile:

    Can I just say that I think Ariana deserves this ?

  4. Billie Eilish:

    Can I just say that I think Ariana Grande deserves this ?

  5. Jennette McCurdy:

    I just feel that, you know Ariana and I were and are extremely close and very like-minded in a lot of different ways and then, sorta as the show dissolved, everybody wanted to find some sort of hidden meaning in our relationship, some [people] like drama and I think we butted heads at times but in a very sisterly way. She knows me so well and I know her so well that I think it was unfortunate that things kind of got misconstrued.

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