Moon
English
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Etymology
From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
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Proper noun
Moon
- The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
- (paganism) A personification of the moon.
- 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15:
- Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.
- 2005, Falcon Stow, An Anglo-Saxon Almanac, privately published, page 13:
- Moon's Day.
- 2005, Diana Paxson, Taking up the Runes, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 328:
- Sun come, Moon come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, Moon come, etc.
- A surname.
- The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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(Earth's moon):
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Translations
sole natural satellite of the Earth
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54th sura of the Qur'an
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See also
Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
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IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
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Notable moons |
— | — | Moon | Phobos Deimos |
— | Io Europa Ganymede Callisto |
Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Triton | Charon | Dysnomia |
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