Daphne (disambiguation)

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Daphne may refer to:

• The nymph Daphne in Greek mythology
• Daphne (opera), an opera by Richard Strauss based on the myth and legend of the beautiful nymph Daphne
• Daphne (plant), a genus of shrubs in the plant family Thymelaeaceae, noted for their scented flowers and poisonous berries

Places

• Daphne Palace of Constantinople
• Daphne Island, in the Galápagos Archipelago
• 41 Daphne, an asteroid
• Daphne, Alabama, a city in the United States
• A former suburb of the ancient city of Antioch
• Constantiana Daphne, Byzantine fortification on Danube

Vessels

• Daphne (brig), a ship that was wrecked in 1819
• SS Daphne, a ship which sank disastrously in 1883
• Daphne, a cruise ship operated by Costa Cruises (1979–1997)
• Daphné class submarine

Fictional people named Daphne

• Daphne Blake, a character in the television cartoon Scooby-Doo
• Daphne Broon, a character in the Scottish cartoon strip The Broons
• Daphne Greengrass, a character in the Harry Potter series
• Daphne Hatzilakos, a character in the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Daphne Millbrook, a character in the television series Heroes
• Daphne Moon, a character in the television show Frasier
• Daphne Millicent Turner, the Malory Towers books
• Princess Daphne, a character in the video game Dragon's Lair
• Princes Daphne the nymph, a character in the Italian cartoon series Winx Club
• Daphne Grimm, a character from The Sisters Grimm book series
• Daphne Vasquez, a character in the television show Switched at Birth
• Daphne Reynolds, main character from the film What a Girl Wants

People with the given name Daphne

• Daphné, French singer
• Daphne Barak Erez, Israeli law professor
• Dafni Bokota, Greek singer and TV presenter
• Daphne Guinness, Irish artist and socialite
• Dafna Dekel, Israeli singer, actress and television personality.
• Daphne du Maurier, English writer
• Daphne Fielding, English socialite and writer
• Daphne Hampson, British theologian
• Daphni Leef, Israeli social activist
• Daphne Merkin, American writer
• Daphne Park (1921–2010), British diplomat and spy
• Daphne Patai, American educator
• Daphne Woodward, French-English translator
• Daphne Zuniga, actress

Songs about Daphne

• "Daphne", a song on several Django Reinhardt albums, such as Djangology; written in 1937
• "Daphne Descends", a song on The Smashing Pumpkins' album Adore
• "Daphne", an English folk song, described in John Playford's "The English Dancing Master"

Other uses

• DAPHNE (emulator), an emulator of Laserdisc arcade games
• Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, a 2004 anime
• Détecteur à Grande Acceptance pour la Physique Photonucléaire Expérimentale, a particle detector
• "Daphne", a short story by Michael Cadnum
• "Daphne", an open source Windows Task Manager replacement.
• Daphne, opera by George Frideric Handel
• Daphne (film), a TV drama about Daphne du Maurier

See also

• Daffney, ring persona of American professional wrestler and valet Shannon Spruill
• Daphnia, small planktonic crustaceans
• Plant genus names:
  • Daphnandra
  • Daphnidium, synonym of Lindera
  • Daphniphyllum
  • Daphnopsis
• Dafne (disambiguation)
• Dafni (disambiguation)

References

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