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Re: Origin of the name "Arianna" please!
This site lists one derivation of Arianna.
Another possible etymological source is "aryan". Before however you start goosestepping and/or trying to gain control of your right arm a-la Dr Strangelove, note that "aryan" is derived from "Arioi," a Greek name of the Medes, an ancient Persian people.
Related names include Arion, the mythological horse born from a bestial love affair between Poseidon and Demeter.
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hello my name is arianna is your name arianna if so, you are cool, because i am cool and my name is arianna. Therefore everyone with the name arianna is, KOOL!!!!!!!!
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I see that Poseidon & Demeter's......horsing around eventually led to a stable relationship.-- Nanaea
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... more of a relationshipwreck if you ask me :P
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But which, nevertheless, resulted in a colt following.-- Nanaea
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No foal play I hope!
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None, all things being equine...
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The last strawHay, I am saddled with a filly feeling that things are getting entirely out of hand. You've really got the bit between your teeth, haven't you? Rein yourselves in, please!
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"Rein yourselves in, please!"I say "neigh" to that! Such a request will only spur us on!-- Nanaea
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With unbridled passion!
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It may have been a spur of the moment impulse, but Poseidon and Demeter sure got their kicks :PPavlos, riding off into the sunset :)
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I'm sure it was worth it, but if only they had foreseen what a mare's nest they would stirrup with their horseplay!
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