Luna

See also: luna, lunã, lună, łuna, and łúna

English

Etymology

From Latin lūna, by way of Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlunə/
Rhymes: -uːnə

Proper noun

Luna

The name of Earth's moon.
(Roman mythology) The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.
A female given name..
- 1837 James Hogg, "The Mysterious Bride", Talks and Sketches: The Shepherd's Calendar (Blackie & Son), page 343:
  - - - and it so happened, that in one of old Bryan's daughters named Luna, or more familiarly Loony, he perceived, or thought he perceived, some imaginary similarity in form and air to the lovely apparition.
- 2003 J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 236:
  A few seconds later, Luna Lovegood emerged, trailing behind the rest of the class, a smudge of earth on her nose, and her hair tied in a knot on the top of her head.
A given name for a female pet.
(alchemy) Silver.

Coordinate terms

Greco-Roman Moon Goddesses:
- Artemis / Diana
- Hecate / Trivia
- Theia
- Phoebe
- Pandia
- The Menae

Derived terms

Luna County

Translations

Earth's moon — see Moon

Anagrams

auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal

Catalan

Proper noun

Luna f

The Moon

Danish

Proper noun

Luna

(Roman mythology) Luna
A female given name. of modern usage.

German

Proper noun

Luna

(Roman mythology) Luna
A female given name. of modern usage.

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

Lūna f (genitive Lūnae); first declension

Alternative form of lūna; the Moon
- AD 334–7, Julius Firmicus Maternus (author), Wilhelm Kroll and Franz Skutsch (editors), Matheseos libri VIII, Leipzig: In aedibus B. G. Teubneri, volume I: Libros IV priores et quinti prooemium continens (1897), book iv, chapter i, § 10 (page 199, lines 16–19):
  Est itaque Luna aut synodica aut plena aut dichotomos aut menoides aut amficyrtos et per has mutata formas cursum menstrui luminis complet.
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Etymology 2

The city's amphitheatre

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.na/, [ˈɫuː.na]

Proper noun

Lūna f (genitive Lūnae); first declension

a city of Etruria, situated on the left bank of the Macra

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Lūna
genitive	Lūnae
dative	Lūnae
accusative	Lūnam
ablative	Lūnā
vocative	Lūna

Derived terms

Lūnēnsis

References

Luna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Luna in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Slovene

Etymology

See lúna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlùːna/
Tonal orthography: lúna

Proper noun

Lúna f (genitive Lúne)

the Moon (of Earth)

Declension

Declension of Lúna (feminine, a-stem)

	singular
nominative	Lúna
accusative	Lúno
genitive	Lúne
dative	Lúni
locative	Lúni
instrumental	Lúno

Synonyms

Mésec

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈluna/

Etymology 1

From Latin lūna.

Proper noun

Luna f

Earth's Moon
La Luna es el único satélite natural de la Tierra.
The Moon is the Earth's only natural satellite.
A female given name. of modern usage.

Etymology 2

From dialectal Aragonese luna (“lights”), a habitational name for someone living by an open courtyard.

Proper noun

Luna f

A surname.

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