Daphne (disambiguation)

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Daphne was a naiad (water nymph) in Greek mythology.

Daphne may also refer to:

• Daphne (opera), a 1938 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, a river island in Alberta, Canada
• Daphne Major, in the Galápagos Islands
• 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
• Harbiye, Antakya, Turkey, known in antiquity as Daphne
• Daphne (Mount Athos), Greece, likely site of ancient Cleonae

Vessels

• Daphne (brig), a ship that was wrecked in 1819
• SS Daphne (1883), a ship which sank disastrously in 1883
• HMS Daphne, Royal Navy ships
• Daphne, a cruise ship operated by Costa Cruises (1979–1997)
• Daphné-class submarine
• Daphne-class Seaward Defence Craft, Royal Danish Navy

People

• Daphné (singer) (born 1974), French singer
• Daphne (name), a list of persons and fictional characters with the given name

Songs

• "Daphne", a song on several Django Reinhardt albums, such as Djangology; written in 1937
• "Daphne", a song from the 2002 1 Giant Leap album 1 Giant Leap

Other uses

• Daphne (film), a 2017 film
• Daphne (comedy), a British comedy trio
• 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 project, a European Commission-funded project under FP7 research funding
• Daphne Duck, a Disney character

See also

• Daffney (born 1975), 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)
• Dafny (programming language)
• Daphne (Amaliada), Greece
• Daphne, Alabama metropolitan area
• Apollo and Daphne
• Compromising Daphne
• Daphne Civic Center
• Daphne Laureola
• Daphne Sounds Expensive
• Daphne Walker (disambiguation)