Ariana (name) Ariana (name) Ariana is a feminine Persian name, popular in many languages. Arianna and Ariane are the two most common variations. The name "Ariana" has the several possible following origins. Ariana, the Latinized form of (Greek: ἡ 'Αρειανή/Arianē), was also a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of antiquity for an extensive territory in Central Asia, east of Persia and west of India, broadly covering modern Pakistan and Afghanistan. The name of Iran (Persia) originates from the Sanskrit word Aryānā (Ariana) meaning "The Land of the Aryans". The name "Arianna" is also the Latinized form of
Simple past a past state: For action that was ongoing at the time referred to, the past progressive is generally used instead (e.g. "I was cooking"). The same can apply to states, if temporary (e.g. "the ball was lying on the sidewalk"), but some stative verbs do not generally use the progressive aspect at all – see – and in these cases the simple past is used even for a temporary state: However, with verbs of sensing, it is common in such circumstances to use "could see" in place of "saw", "could hear" in place of "heard", etc. For more on this,