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diva
/ˈdivə/
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What does diva mean?
noun
- Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
- One who amazes or stuns, especially in a confident and feminine manner; (by extension) a term of endearment.
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noun
- (derogatory, informal, slang) A person with an inflated sense of self, who has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdivə/
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Who would have thought that the charming diva, the pupil of Porpora, was to have such strange adventures?
Diana was Diva Jana or "Dea Jana who is the same as Astarte or Ashtaroth of the Sidonians."
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“Quid causas petis ex alto? fiducia cessit Quo tibi, diva, mei?”
Lastly, in the theater itself, the celebrated, but heartless and soulless diva made the most scandalous remarks about Christine and tried to cause her endless minor unpleasantnesses.
She was evidently much agitated, but the orchestra commenced, and before she had sung a dozen notes of "Casta Diva," she began to recover her self-possession, and long before the scena was concluded she was as calm as if she was in her own drawing-room.