Titania Definition
tĭ-tānē-ə, -tānyə, tī-
noun
The queen of fairyland and wife of Oberon.
Webster's New World
A satellite of Uranus.
American Heritage
(chemistry) Titanium dioxide.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- titanic oxide
- titanium-oxide
- titanium-dioxide
pronoun
Character in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer-Night's Dream, the queen of the fairies.
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Origin of Titania
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From Latin Tītānia the goddess Diana, sister to the sun from feminine of Tītānius of the Titans from Tītān Titan Titan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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A style of Diana in Ovid, fem. of titanius, from Titan. As faeries were identified with Classical nymphs, the queen of the faeries was equated with Diana.
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