Luna

See also: luna, lunã, lună, luną, lůna, łuna, łuną, łúna, and Łuna

English

Etymology

From Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna/Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Roxane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːnə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɫʉːnə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːnə

Proper noun

Luna

1. (Roman mythology) The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.
2. (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.

3. 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.

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

• Luna County
• lunifaction

Translations

Earth's moon — see Moon

Noun

Luna (uncountable)

1. (heraldry, rare) Argent (silver), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
   • 1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages 76-77:

     4. Luna, a Mantle of Estate, Mars doubled Ermine, ouched Sol, garnished with Strings fastned thereunto fretways dependent, and tasselled of the same. [...] These Arms do belong to the Town of Beckbock in Wales.

   • 1718, Samuel Kent, The Grammar of Heraldry [...] Second Edition:

     George [...] Ist. Mars, three Lions passant guardant in Pale Sol, for the Arms of England, Impal'd with Scotland, i.e. Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure counterflory Mars. 2d. Jupiter, three Fleurs de Lis Sol, for the Arms of France. 3d. Jupiter, an Irish Harp Sol, stringed Luna, for Ireland. 4th. Seme party per Pale, and per Chevron enarche, in the Ist Mars, two Lions passant guardant Sol, for Brunswick. In the 2d Partition Sol, semy of Hearts Mars, and a Lion rampant Jupiter, armed and langued of the First, for Luneburg. The base is Mars, a Horse currant Luna, over these last on an Inescocheon, Constantine's Crown.

   • 1735, Francis Nichols, The Irish Compendium [...] vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition, page 80:

     8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh; 3d, ente en Point, Mars, an Horse currant Luna, for Saxony.

   • 1737, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library, page 631:

     The third, the Ensign of Ireland, which is, Jupiter, an Harp Sol, stringed Luna.

2. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Silver.

See also

• Luna Este
• Luna Weste

Anagrams

• Alun, An-lu, Anlu, Lu'an, auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish luna, from Latin lūna.

Proper noun

Luna

1. a female given name from Spanish

Etymology 2

From Spanish luna, from dialectal Aragonese luna (“lights”).

Proper noun

Luna

1. a surname from Aragonese

Etymology 3

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

Proper noun

Luna

1. (Roman mythology) Luna; the goddess of the moon; the sister of Aurora and Sol;

Danish

Proper noun

Luna

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Luna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlunɑ/, [ˈlunɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Lu‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): Lu‧na

Proper noun

Luna

1. a female given name

Declension

Inflection of Luna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
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 Lunain rare
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.

Possessive forms of Luna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Lunani Lunani accusative nom. Lunani Lunani gen. Lunani genitive Lunani Lunieni Lunaini rare partitive Lunaani Luniani inessive Lunassani Lunissani elative Lunastani Lunistani illative Lunaani Luniini adessive Lunallani Lunillani ablative Lunaltani Luniltani allative Lunalleni Lunilleni essive Lunanani Luninani translative Lunakseni Lunikseni abessive Lunattani Lunittani instructive — — comitative — Lunineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Lunasi Lunasi accusative nom. Lunasi Lunasi gen. Lunasi genitive Lunasi Luniesi Lunaisi rare partitive Lunaasi Luniasi inessive Lunassasi Lunissasi elative Lunastasi Lunistasi illative Lunaasi Luniisi adessive Lunallasi Lunillasi ablative Lunaltasi Luniltasi allative Lunallesi Lunillesi essive Lunanasi Luninasi translative Lunaksesi Luniksesi abessive Lunattasi Lunittasi instructive — — comitative — Luninesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Lunamme Lunamme accusative nom. Lunamme Lunamme gen. Lunamme genitive Lunamme Luniemme Lunaimme rare partitive Lunaamme Luniamme inessive Lunassamme Lunissamme elative Lunastamme Lunistamme illative Lunaamme Luniimme adessive Lunallamme Lunillamme ablative Lunaltamme Luniltamme allative Lunallemme Lunillemme essive Lunanamme Luninamme translative Lunaksemme Luniksemme abessive Lunattamme Lunittamme instructive — — comitative — Luninemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Lunanne Lunanne accusative nom. Lunanne Lunanne gen. Lunanne genitive Lunanne Lunienne Lunainne rare partitive Lunaanne Lunianne inessive Lunassanne Lunissanne elative Lunastanne Lunistanne illative Lunaanne Luniinne adessive Lunallanne Lunillanne ablative Lunaltanne Luniltanne allative Lunallenne Lunillenne essive Lunananne Luninanne translative Lunaksenne Luniksenne abessive Lunattanne Lunittanne instructive — — comitative — Luninenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Lunansa Lunansa accusative nom. Lunansa Lunansa gen. Lunansa genitive Lunansa Luniensa Lunainsa rare partitive Lunaansa Luniaan Luniansa inessive Lunassaan Lunassansa Lunissaan Lunissansa elative Lunastaan Lunastansa Lunistaan Lunistansa illative Lunaansa Luniinsa adessive Lunallaan Lunallansa Lunillaan Lunillansa ablative Lunaltaan Lunaltansa Luniltaan Luniltansa allative Lunalleen Lunallensa Lunilleen Lunillensa essive Lunanaan Lunanansa Luninaan Luninansa translative Lunakseen Lunaksensa Lunikseen Luniksensa abessive Lunattaan Lunattansa Lunittaan Lunittansa instructive — — comitative — Lunineen Luninensa

Statistics

• Luna is the 400^th 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

Etymology

(Roman mythology): Latin Lūna

Proper noun

Luna

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

Italian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.na/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: luna
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: Lù‧na

Proper noun

Luna f

1. (astronomy, astrology) the Moon
   • c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]‎^[1]; copied, (manuscript), c. mid 13^th century, page 2:

     Lauꝺato ſi miſignore ꝑ ſora luna ele ſtelle. in celu lai foꝛmate clarite ⁊ p̄tioſe ⁊ belle. (Umbria)

     [Laudato si' mi' signore per sora luna e le stelle, in cielu l'hai formate clarite et preziose et belle.]

     Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in heaven you have made them clear and precious and beautiful.

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[2], lines 64–66; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[3], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     ["] […] tutto l’oro ch’è sotto la luna
     e che già fu, di quest’anime stanche
     non poterebbe farne posare una".

     " […] all the gold that is—and ever was—under the Moon couldn't make a single one of these tired souls rest."

   • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 34”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 67; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

     Nel cerchio de la luna a menar t’aggio,
     che dei pianeti a noi piú prossima erra,
     perché la medicina che può saggio
     rendere Orlando, lá dentro si serra.

     I shall lead you to the circle of the Moon—which, among the planets, wanders closest to us—for the medicine that can make Orlando wise is hidden in there.

   • mid 1560s [29–19 BCE], “Libro primo”, in Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide, translation of Aeneis by Publius Vergilius Maro (in Classical Latin), lines 1204, 1207–1208; republished as L’Eneide di Virgilio‎^[4], Florence: G. Barbera, 1892:

     Il biondo Iopa […]
     […]
     Cantò le vie che drittamente torte
     Rendon vaga la luna e buio il sole

     [original: crīnītus Iōpās […] canit errantem lūnam sōlisque labōres]

     The blond-haired Iopas […] sang of the straightforwardly contorted ways which make the Moon errant, and the Sun dark

   • 1810 [c. 8^th century BCE], “Libro XIX”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás, Iliad) by Homer (in Epic Greek), lines 373–376; republished as Iliade di Omero‎^[5], 4^th edition, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1825:

     […] s’imbracciò lo scudo,
     Che immenso e saldo di lontan splendea
     Come luna, o qual foco ai naviganti
     Sovr’alta apparso solitaria cima

     [original: αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα σάκος μέγα τε στιβαρόν τε
     εἵλετο, τοῦ δ’ ἀπάνευθε σέλας γένετ’ ἠΰτε μήνης.
     ὡς δ’ ὅτ’ ἂν ἐκ πόντοιο σέλας ναύτῃσι φανήῃ
     καιομένοιο πυρός, τό τε καίεται ὑψόθ’ ὄρεσφι
     σταθμῷ ἐν οἰοπόλῳ […]]

     autàr épeita sákos méga te stibarón te
     heíleto, toû d’ apáneuthe sélas génet’ ēǘte mḗnēs.
     hōs d’ hót’ àn ek póntoio sélas naútēisi phanḗēi
     kaioménoio purós, tó te kaíetai hupsóth’ óresphi
     stathmôi en oiopólōi […]

     he [Achilles] took up his shield, which—immense and steady—shone from the distance, as the Moon, or as a fire, appearing to seafarers upon a tall, lonely mountaintop

2. (mythology, Roman mythology) Luna

   Synonym: (Greek mythology) Selene

3. (heraldry) a full moon
4. a female given name from Latin

   (derived) Lunella, Lunetta, Lunina

5. a surname

Derived terms

• allunare
• luna
• luna park
• lunario
• mezzaluna; mezza luna

Related terms

• lunare
• lunaria
• lunatico
• lunato
• lunazione
• lunedì

See also

Solar System in Italian · sistema solare (layout · text)
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

Anagrams

• ulna

Latin

amphitheātrum Lūnae (amphitheater at Luna)

Etymology

The same word as lūna (“moon”), taken as a proper noun.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluː.nä]

Proper noun

Lūna f sg (genitive Lūnae); first declension

1. (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)

2. (Roman mythology) Luna (the moon goddess)
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.883:

     Lūna regit mēnsīs

     Luna governs the months
     (See Luna (goddess).)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lūna
genitive	Lūnae
dative	Lūnae
accusative	Lūnam
ablative	Lūnā
vocative	Lūna

Proper noun

Lūna f sg (genitive Lūnae); first declension

1. A city in Etruria, situated on the left bank of the Macra

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lūna
genitive	Lūnae
dative	Lūnae
accusative	Lūnam
ablative	Lūnā
vocative	Lūna
locative	Lūnae

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

Polish

Luna

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Lūna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: Lu‧na
• Homophone: luna

Proper noun

Luna f

1. (uncountable, Roman mythology) Luna (Roman goddess of the moon, sister of Aurora and Sol; equivalent to the Greek Selene)
2. (countable, rare) a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Luna

Declension

Declension of Luna

	singular	plural
nominative	Luna	Luny
genitive	Luny	Lun
dative	Lunie	Lunom
accusative	Lunę	Luny
instrumental	Luną	Lunami
locative	Lunie	Lunach
vocative	Luno	Luny

Further reading

• Luna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Luna in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Lóna, from Old Church Slavonic ловьна (lovĭna), feminine of ловьнъ (lovĭnŭ), from ловъ (lovŭ) +‎ -ьнъ (-ĭnŭ).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Luna f

1. A commune of Cluj County, Romania
2. A village in Luna, Cluj County, Romania
3. A locality in Negrești-Oaș, Satu Mare County, Romania

Slovene

Etymology

See lúna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lùːna/

Proper noun

Lúna f

1. the Moon (of Earth)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Lúna
genitive	Lúne
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Lúna
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Lúne
dative (dajȃlnik)	Lúni
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Lúno
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Lúni
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Lúno

Synonyms

• Mésec

See also

• lúna

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluna/ [ˈlu.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: Lu‧na

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 f

1. a surname from Aragonese

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Luna.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈluna/ [ˈluː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: Lu‧na

Proper noun

Luna (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜈ)

1. a female given name from Spanish
2. (Roman mythology) Luna (goddess of the moon)
3. A municipality of Apayao, Philippines

Related terms

• luna

Anagrams

• ulan