diadem

1. A crown worn as a sign of royalty.
2. Royal power or dignity.

[Middle English diademe, from Old French, from Latin diadēma, from Greek, band, from diadein, to bind around : dia-, dia- + dein, dē-, to bind.]

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Not to be confused with Diadema.

Diadem may refer to:

• Diadem (personal wear), a type of crown

Military

• HMS Diadem was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line in the Royal Navy launched in 1782 at Chatham and participated in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1787
• HMS Diadem was the lead ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy launched in 1896
• HMS Diadem was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy in World War II, launched in 1942, and transferred to Pakistan in 1956 as Babur.
• Operation Diadem, a military operation in World War II's Italian Campaign

Arts and entertainment

• Diadem (book series), a series of books by John Peel
• The Diadem Saga is a science fiction series by author Jo Clayton
• "Diadems," a song by the metal band, Megadeth found on the compilation albums Hidden Treasures and Warchest

Animals

• Diademed monkey, another name for Blue Monkey or Pluto Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
• Diadem Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros diadema)
• Mograbin Diadem Snake (Spalerosophis dolichospilus)
• Diadems, the butterfly genus Hypolimnas
• Diadem spider, the European garden spider (Araneus diadematus), so called from its crown-shaped markings

Other

• Diadem (star) is the brightest star in the constellation Coma Berenices.
• DIAdem, a technical software for managing, analyzing, and reporting technical data from National Instruments

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - diadem, blomsterkrans, kongeværdighed
v. tr. - pryde med diadem

Nederlands (Dutch)
diadeem

Français (French)
n. - diadème
v. tr. - couronner, orner d'un diadème

Deutsch (German)
n. - Diadem, Kranz
v. - krönen, mit einem Diadem schmücken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διάδημα

Italiano (Italian)
diadema

Português (Portuguese)
n. - diadema (m)

Русский (Russian)
диадема

Español (Spanish)
n. - diadema, autoridad, realeza, corona
v. tr. - adornar con una diadema

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - diadem

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
王冠, 王权, 带状头饰, 为...加冕

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 王冠, 王權, 帶狀頭飾
v. tr. - 為...加冕

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 왕권, 왕관
v. tr. - 왕관으로 치장하다, ~에게 영광을 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 王権, 頭上に輝く光栄
v. - 王冠で飾る, 王冠を授ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تاج أو إكليل مرصع يلبس كعلامه لسلطه ملكيه, سلطه ملكيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כתר, עטרה, נזר, זר‬
v. tr. - ‮הכתיר בכתר או בזר‬

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