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The Moon's astronomical symbol
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Etymology [edit]
From Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *mē-² (“to measure”)
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Moon
- The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
- (paganism) The god of the Moon in Heathenry.
- 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, ISBN 1898281092, page 15:
- Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.
- (Can we date this quote?) Falcon Stow, An Anglo-Saxon Almanac, privately published, page 13:
- Moon's Day.
- 2005, Diana Paxson, Taking up the Runes, Weiser Books, ISBN 1578633257, page 328:
- Sun come, Moon come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, Moon come, etc.
- A surname.
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sole natural satellite of the Earth
- Amuzgo: chi'
- Arabic: قمر (ar) (qámar) m
- Egyptian Arabic: قمر (ʔamar) m
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܣܗܪܐ (sahrā, sahro) c
- Hebrew: סהרא (sahrā, sahro) c
- Armenian: Լուսին (hy) (Lusin)
- Belarusian: Месяц (be) (Mésjac) m, Луна (be) (Luná) f
- Bengali: চাঁদ (bn) (cãd)
- Bulgarian: Луна (bg) (Luná) f
- Catalan: lluna f
- Cherokee: ᏒᏃᏱᎡᎯᏅᏙ (svnoyiehinvdo)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 月亮 (cmn) (yuèliàng), 月 (cmn) (yuè), 月球 (cmn) (yuèqiú)
- Czech: Měsíc (cs) m
- Danish: Månen (da)
- Dutch: maan (nl) f
- Esperanto: Luno (eo)
- Estonian: kuu (et)
- Ewe: dzinu n, ɣleti n
- Finnish: Kuu (fi)
- French: lune (fr) f
- Galician: Lúa (gl) f
- Georgian: მთვარე (ka) (mtvare)
- German: Mond (de) m, Erdtrabant (de) m, Erdsatellit (de) m
- Greek: σελήνη (el) (selíni) f, φεγγάρι (el) (fe[n]gári) n
- Gujarati: ચંદ્ર (gu)
- Hebrew: יָרֵחַ (he) (yaréakh) m, לְבָנָה (he) (levana) f
- Hindi: चन्द्रमा (hi) (ćandrmā) m (also spelled: चंद्रमा (hi) (ćandrmā) m), चांद (hi) (ćānd) m, चंद्र (hi) (candra)
- Hungarian: hold (hu)
- Icelandic: tungl (is) n, máni (is) m
- Ido: luno
- Indonesian: bulan (id), rembulan (id)
- Irish: Ghealach (ga)
- Isthmus Zapotec: beeu
- Italian: luna (it) f
- Japanese: 月 (ja) (つき, tsukí), ムーン (ja) (Mūn)
- Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರ (kn) (caṅdra)
- Khmer: ព្រះចន្ទ (km) (preah chan), ខែ (km) (kʰae)
- Korean: 달 (ko) (dal), 월 (ko) (wol) (月 (ko))
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: heyv, hîv
- Sorani: مانگ
- Lao: ດວງຈັນ (lo)
- Latin: luna (la) f
- Latvian: mēness m, Mēness m
- Lithuanian: mėnulis (lt) m
- Macedonian: Месечина (mk) (Mesečina) f
- Malay: bulan (ms)
- Malayalam: ചന്ദ്രന് (ml) (chandran), തിങ്കള് (ml) (thinkaL)
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- Maltese: qamar (mt) m
- Marathi: चंद्र (mr)
- Maricopa: xlyʼa
- Miskito: kati
- Miwok: (Central Sierra) komé-
- Navajo: ooljééʼ
- Nepali: चन्द्रमा (ne)
- Ngarrindjeri: Markeri
- Norwegian: måne (no) m
- O'odham: maṣad
- Occitan: luna f
- Old English: mōna (ang) m
- Old Provençal: luna
- Persian: ماه (fa) (mâh)
- Polish: Księżyc (pl) m
- Portuguese: Lua (pt) f
- Rapa Nui: mahina
- Rohingya: san
- Romani: shon
- Romanian: lună (ro) f
- Russian: Луна (ru) (Luná) f, месяц (ru) (mésjac) m (usually a crescent moon)
- Scots: Mune
- Scottish Gaelic: Gealach (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Мје̏се̄ц (sh) m, Ме̏се̄ц (sh) m
- Roman: Mjȅsēc (sh) m, Mȅsēc (sh) m
- Sindhi: چَنڊُ (chandu) m
- Sinhalese: චන්ද්රයා (si) (candrayā)
- Slovak: Mesiac (sk) m, mesiac (sk) m
- Slovene: Lúna (sl) m, Mésec (sl) m
- Spanish: luna (es) f
- Swahili: mwezi (sw)
- Swedish: månen (“c”) (definite singular)
- Tagalog: buwan
- Tamil: நிலா (ta) (nilā)
- Tatar: Ай (tt) (Ay)
- Telugu: చంద్రుడు (te) (chaMdruDu), చందమామ (te) (chaMdamaama)
- Thai: ดวงจันทร์ (th) (duang-jan), จันทร์ (th) (jan)
- Tupinambá: jassy
- Turkish: Ay (tr), kamer (tr) (dated)
- Ukrainian: Луна (uk) (Luná) f, місяць (uk) (mísjac') m, Місяць (uk) (Mísjac') m
- Urdu: چاند (ur) (ćānd) m, چندرما (ur) (ćandrmā) m, چندرماں (ur), ماہ (ur)
- Ute: mi'jarogopic(i) (Chemehuevi)
- Uyghur: ئاي (ug) (ay)
- Vietnamese: mặt trăng (vi), Mặt trăng (vi)
- Warlpiri: pira
- Welsh: lleuad (cy), lloer (cy)
- Western Apache: tłʼéʼgonaʼáí
- Yiddish: לבנה (yi)
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