Dione

Dione may refer to:

Mythology

• Dione (Titaness), also counted among the Oceanids
• Dione, a nymph daughter of Atlas who married Tantalus
• Dione, one of the Hyades (mythology)
• Dione the Nereid
• Dione, also called Baaltis, a daughter of Ouranos according to Sanchuniathon

Given name

• Dione Lucas (1909–1971), English chef and first female graduate of Le Cordon Bleu
• Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue, 1945), American R&B singer
• Dione Taylor, Canadian jazz singer

Surname

• Dione is a West African surname among the Serer people with no connection to the French "Dione". Not only are the pronunciations different, but when the French colonisers were writing African surnames, they wrote it in the French form according to their convenience.
• Rose Dione (1875–1936), French actress
• Aura Dione, Danish singer-songwriter

Astronomy

• 106 Dione, a large main belt asteroid
• Dione (moon), a moon of Saturn
• Helene (moon), a moon of Saturn sometimes referred to as "Dione B"

Chemistry

• Diketone (Dione), a molecule containing two ketone groups
• Ethylene dione (ethylenedione, ethene dione, or ethene 1,2-dione), a hypothetical chemical compound with the formula C2O2 (O=C=C=O)

Biology

• Dione (butterfly), a genus in the family Heliconiinae
• Pitar dione, the elegant venus clam

Popular culture

• Dee Bliss (Dione "Dee" Rebecchi), from the Australian soap opera Neighbours

Other

• Dione plc, a former UK-based point-of-sale equipment manufacturer, now part of VeriFone

See also

• Deion (disambiguation)
• Dion (disambiguation)
• Dione (Serer surname)

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