Diva Diva A diva (; ) is a celebrated female singer; a woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera, and by extension in theatre, cinema and popular music. The meaning of "diva" is closely related to that of "prima donna". The word entered the English language in the late 19th century. It is derived from the Italian noun "diva", a female deity. The plural of the word in English is "divas"; in Italian, "dive" . The basic sense of the term is "goddess", the feminine of the Latin word "divus" (Italian "divo"), someone deified after death, or Latin "deus",
Via et veritas et vita Via et veritas et vita Via et veritas et vita (, ) is a Latin phrase meaning "the way and the truth and the life". The words are taken from , and were spoken by Jesus Christ in reference to himself. These words, and sometimes the asyndetic variant via veritas vita, have been used as the motto of various educational institutions and governments. The phrase is found in verse 6 of chapter 14 of the Gospel of John, as part of Jesus' Farewell Discourse during the Last Supper: " Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you