Dione

Dione may refer to:

Mythology

• Dione (Titaness), also counted among the Oceanids
• Dione, a nymph daughter of Atlas who married Tantalus
• Dione, one of the Hyades (mythology)
• Dione the Nereid
• Dione, also called Baaltis, a daughter of Ouranos according to Sanchuniathon

Given name

• Dione Lucas (1909–1971), English chef and first female graduate of Le Cordon Bleu
• Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue, 1945), American R&B singer
• Dione Taylor, Canadian jazz singer

Surname

• Dione is a West African surname among the Serer people with no connection to the French "Dione"
• Rose Dione (1875–1936), French actress
• Aura Dione, Danish singer-songwriter

Astronomy

• 106 Dione, a large main belt asteroid
• Dione (moon), a moon of Saturn
• Helene (moon), a moon of Saturn sometimes referred to as "Dione B"

Chemistry

• Diketone (Dione), a molecule containing two ketone groups
• Ethylene dione (ethylenedione, ethene dione, or ethene 1,2-dione), a hypothetical chemical compound with the formula C2O2 (O=C=C=O)

Biology

• Dione (butterfly), a genus in the family Heliconiinae
• Pitar dione, the elegant venus clam

Popular culture

• Dee Bliss (Dione "Dee" Rebecchi), from the Australian soap opera Neighbours

Other

• Dione plc, a former UK-based point-of-sale equipment manufacturer, now part of VeriFone

See also

• Deion (disambiguation)
• Dion (disambiguation)
• Dione (Serer surname)