Tiana
English
Etymology
Modern contraction of Tatiana and Christiana. In the USA it is also explained as a form of Diana in such unrelated languages as Samoan and Cherokee (but the author Tiana Bighorse is a Navajo).
Proper noun
Tiana
- A female given name.
- 1962 Marion Karl Wisehart, Sam Houston, American Giant, R. B. Luce, page 60:
- By Cherokee custom he married Tiana Rogers Gentry; within the tribe it was a real marriage, not a casual liaison. To Houston and to other whites his wife was known as Diana.
- 1962 Marion Karl Wisehart, Sam Houston, American Giant, R. B. Luce, page 60:
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