English

Proper noun

Selena

1. A female given name.
   • 1893, William Wallace, After the Revolution: And Other Holiday Fantasies, W. Hodge, ISBN 9781163568613, page 163:

     I promised Selena — her full name I ascertained in due course was Selena Judith Hephzibah — that I would. I would have promised her anything.

   • 2004, D. L. Lepidus, The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 2003, Smith and Kraus, ISBN 1575253348, page 27:

     I have a younger sister, Jessica, who insists that everyone call her Selena because she feels the pain of the murdered Latin American rock star, and who just dropped out of school for the second time.

Derived terms

• Selenator

Translations

Anagrams

• aneles
• enseal
• selane

Faroese

Proper noun

Selena f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Selena: Selenuson
• daughter of Selena: Selenudóttir

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ˈle.nɐ/

Proper noun

Selena f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Selena

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σελήνη ‎(Selḗnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěleːna/
• Hyphenation: Se‧le‧na

Proper noun

Sèlēna f ‎(Cyrillic spelling Сѐле̄на)

1. Selene (Greek goddess)
2. A female given name; Selena, Selene

Declension

Spanish

Proper noun

Selena f

1. A female given name.