Luna
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lūna/Lūna, by way of Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Luna
- (Roman mythology) The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.
- (chiefly science fiction or poetic) The name of Earth's moon; Moon.
- 1868, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham, Edward Arber, The Rehearsal: With Illustrations from Previous Plays, Etc, page 129:
- Luna that ne'er shines by day.
- 1896, The Era Almanack, Dramatic & Musical, page 22:
- He has but little prudence, no apprehension of consequences, and none of that melancholy which in tempraments of Luna and Venus is generally felt, and from which he is saved by the combination of Mars and Mercury.
- 1909, Govind H. Keskar, Combined Introductory Astrology, page 14:
- The different visible shapes of Luna are called her phases.
- 2011, Charles Lee Lesher, Aldrin Station - Rise of Luna:
- Lagrange point L1 is the perfect location for humanity's next major space station, the natural gateway to the moon. This one-of-a-kind point in space is located on the direct line between Earth and Luna about 200,000 miles from Earth, or conversely, a mere 39,000 miles above the geometric center of Luna's nearside.
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1837, James Hogg, “The Mysterious Bride”, in 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 Publishing, →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.
- (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Silver.
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Cebuano[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Spanish luna, from Latin lūna.
Proper noun[edit]
Luna
- a female given name from Spanish
Etymology 2[edit]
From Spanish luna, from dialectal Aragonese luna (“lights”).
Proper noun[edit]
Luna
- a surname from Aragonese
Etymology 3[edit]
From English luna, from Latin lūna, by way of Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”).
Proper noun[edit]
Luna
Danish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Luna
- (Roman mythology) Luna
- a female given name of modern usage
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Luna
- a female given name
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Luna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Luna | Lunat | ||
genitive | Lunan | Lunien | ||
partitive | Lunaa | Lunia | ||
illative | Lunaan | Luniin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Luna | Lunat | ||
accusative | nom. | Luna | Lunat | |
gen. | Lunan | |||
genitive | Lunan | Lunien Lunainrare | ||
partitive | Lunaa | Lunia | ||
inessive | Lunassa | Lunissa | ||
elative | Lunasta | Lunista | ||
illative | Lunaan | Luniin | ||
adessive | Lunalla | Lunilla | ||
ablative | Lunalta | Lunilta | ||
allative | Lunalle | Lunille | ||
essive | Lunana | Lunina | ||
translative | Lunaksi | Luniksi | ||
abessive | Lunatta | Lunitta | ||
instructive | — | Lunin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics[edit]
- Luna is the 400th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,008 female individuals (and as a middle name to 430 more), and also belongs to 11 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German[edit]
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Luna
- (Roman mythology) Luna
- a female given name of modern usage
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).


Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Luna f
- (astronomy, astrology) the Moon
- c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures][1], printed by the Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco, page 2:
- Laudato ſi mi ſignore ᵱ ſora luna e le ſtelle, in celu lai foꝛmate clarite ⁊ p̃tioſe ⁊ belle.
- Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in heaven you have made them clear and precious and beautiful.
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Inferno [Hell]”, in La divina commedia [The Divine Comedy][2], 1st edition, Foligno: Printed by Johannes Numeister and Evangelista Mei, published 1472, Canto VII, lines 64–66:
- che tutto l oro che ſotto la luna ¶ et che gia fu de queſte anime ſtanche ¶ none potrebbe farne poſar una
- « […] for all the gold that is beneath the moon, or ever has been, of these weary souls could never make a single one repose».
- (mythology, Roman mythology) Luna
- Synonym: (Greek mythology) Selene
- (heraldry) a full moon
- a female given name from Latin
- a surname
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Solar System in Italian · sistema solare (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Star | Sole | |||||||||||||||||
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Mercurio | Venere | Terra | Marte | Cerere | Giove | Saturno | Urano | Nettuno | Plutone | Eris (Eride) | |||||||
Notable moons |
— | — | Luna | Fobos Deimos |
— | Io Europa Ganimede Callisto |
Mimas Encelado Teti Dione Rea Titano Giapeto |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Tritone | Caronte | Disnomia |
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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]
The same word as lūna (“moon”), taken as a proper noun.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.na/, [ˈɫ̪uːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.na/, [ˈluːnä]
Proper noun[edit]
Lūna f sg (genitive Lūnae); first declension
- (astronomy) Alternative letter-case 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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):
- (Roman mythology) Luna (the moon goddess)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Lūna |
Genitive | Lūnae |
Dative | Lūnae |
Accusative | Lūnam |
Ablative | Lūnā |
Vocative | Lūna |
Proper noun[edit]
Lūna f sg (genitive Lūnae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Lūna |
Genitive | Lūnae |
Dative | Lūnae |
Accusative | Lūnam |
Ablative | Lūnā |
Vocative | Lūna |
Locative | Lūnae |
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References[edit]
- 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
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hungarian Lóna, from Old Church Slavonic [Term?].
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Audio (file)
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Luna f
- A commune of Cluj, Romania
- A village in Luna, Cluj, Romania
- A locality in Negrești-Oaș, Satu Mare, Romania
Slovene[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See lúna.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lúna f
- the Moon (of Earth)
Inflection[edit]
Feminine, a-stem | ||
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nominative | Lúna | |
genitive | Lúne | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Lúna | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Lúni | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Lúno |
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Spanish[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
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Luna f
- Earth's Moon
- a female given name of modern usage
Etymology 2[edit]
From dialectal Aragonese luna (“lights”), a habitational name for someone living by an open courtyard.
Proper noun[edit]
Luna f
- a surname from Aragonese
Tagalog[edit]
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Luna (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜈ)
- a female given name from Spanish
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