Luna

See also luna

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin lūna.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlunə/

Proper noun

Luna

1. The name of Earth's moon.
2. (Roman mythology) goddess of the moon; equivalent of the Greek Selene. Sister of Aurora and Sol.
3. A female given name.
   • 1837 James Hogg, Talks and Sketches: The Shepherd's Calendar, Blackie&son 1837, page 343 ("The Mysterious Bride"):

     - - - 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 0747551006, 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.

Translations

Earth's moon — see Moon

See also

• (moons of Earth) Luna/‎Moon/‎moon ^[edit]

Anagrams

• ulan
• ulna
• unal

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Danish

Proper noun

Luna

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

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German

Proper noun

Luna

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

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Slovene

Etymology

See lúna.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlùːna/
• Tonal: lúna

Proper noun

Lúna f

1. the Moon (of Earth)

Declension

Declension of Luna (feminine, a-stem)

	singular
nominative	Luna
accusative	Luno
genitive	Lune
dative	Luni
locative	Luni
instrumental	Luno

Synonyms

• Mésec

See also

• lúna

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈluna/

Etymology 1

From Latin lūna.

Proper noun

Luna f

1. Earth's Moon

   La Luna es el único satélite natural de la Tierra.

   The Moon is the Earth's only natural satellite.

2. 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

1. A surname.