Luna

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

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

4. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Silver.

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

• Luna County
• lunafaction

Translations

Earth's moon — see Moon

See also

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

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

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 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.

Possessive forms of Luna (type koira)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Lunani Lunani accusative nom. Lunani Lunani gen. Lunani genitive Lunani Lunieni Lunainirare 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 Lunaisirare 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 Lunaimmerare 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 Lunainnerare 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 Lunainsarare 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], 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».

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) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.na/, [ˈɫ̪uːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.na/, [ˈluːnä]

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)
   • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.883:

     Lūna regit mēnsīs

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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.

Case	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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Lóna, from Old Church Slavonic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Luna f

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

Slovene

Etymology

See lúna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lùːna/

Proper noun

Lúna f

1. the Moon (of Earth)

Inflection

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)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
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

• Hyphenation: Lu‧na
• IPA^(key): /ˈluna/, [ˈlu.nɐ]

Proper noun

Luna (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜈ)

1. a female given name from Spanish

Related terms

• luna