Titania
/tɪˈtɑːni.ə/ · name
Meaning
- Synonym of titanium dioxide.
- Titanium dioxide in the form of a sizable crystal, as contrasted with white powder granules.
- The largest satellite of the planet Uranus.
- From Shakespeare's play A Midsummer-Night's Dream, the queen of the fairies.
Etymology / origin
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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