What is "donna"

Donna \Don"na\, n. [It. donna, L. domina. See Don, Dame.] A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.

fem. proper name, from Italian, literally "lady," from Latin domina (see dame).

n. A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.

n. an Italian woman of rank

Donna may refer to:

Donna is a tiny lunar crater on the near side of the Moon. It is located in the eastern half of the Mare Tranquillitatis, at the summit of the lunar dome Omega (ω) Cauchy. As such domes are thought to be volcanic in nature, it appears likely that this crater was created by an eruption. This is in contrast to most lunar craters, which are now believed to be created by impacts. This crater is sufficiently small that it requires a large telescope to resolve.

To the north of this crater is a fault line in the lunar mare designated Rupes Cauchy. It is named after the crater Cauchy, which lies farther to the north. To the west-northwest of Donna is a second lunar dome designated Tau (τ) Cauchy, which lacks a craterlet at the summit.

The crater name was adopeted by the IAU in 1979.

"Donna" is a song sung by Ritchie Valens, featuring the 50s progression. The song was released in 1958 on Del-Fi Records. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year, becoming Valens' highest-charting single. It was written as a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig.

Donna is an English-language feminine first name meaning woman in Italian. The original meaning is closer to lady of the home and was a title of respect in Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco; equivalent to Don for men. It is rare as a surname.

"Donna" is the first single by British art pop band 10cc. Released in 1972, it peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme.

"Donna", a parody of doo wop songs (see also "Donna" by Ritchie Valens), was originally written as a potential B-side to the song "Waterfall". The song features sharp contrasts between falsetto in the chorus (Creme) and deep monotone vocals (Godley) in the verse. The style in which "Oh! Donna..." is performed mimics that of the track " Oh! Darling" by the Beatles, from their album Abbey Road.

Band member Eric Stewart has said: "We knew it had something. We only knew of one person who was mad enough to release it, and that was Jonathan King." The song was subsequently released on King's UK Records label. The band had considered releasing it under the name of " Doctor Father Part Two", resurrecting a band name they had used for their 1970 song "Umbopo". Band manager Harvey Lisburg said there was "a vague sort of plan at that time to keep on bringing out records under different names until they got a hit".

Donna is the self-titled debut album by Filipino singer Donna Cruz, released in 1989 by Viva Records in the Philippines. Cruz received an award for Best New Female Recording Artist at the 1992 Awit Awards. The album spawned the hits "Rain" (a Boy Mondragon original), "Boy (I Love You)" (a Cherie Gil original) and the lead single, "Kapag Tumibok Ang Puso", which was Cruz's debut single and breakthrough hit.

Donna is a 2015 Tamil short film directed by Thamizharasan Thiyagarajan. It was elected for the Short Film Corner 2015 at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.