Moon

See also: moon, mo-on, mòòn, and Möön

English

Etymology 1

The Earth's moon.

The Moon's astronomical/astrological symbol ⟨☽⟩ (often reversed to ⟨☾⟩)

The Moon (waning crescent)

The Moon (full)

From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Alternative forms

• moon
• moone (obsolete)
• ☽ (alchemy)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /muːn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /mun/

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

Moon or the Moon

2. The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.

   Synonyms: Cynthia (literary), Luna (science fiction or poetic), Selene (poetic); ☾, ☽ (astronomical and astrological symbols)

3. (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.

5. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Derived terms

• Moon buggy
• Moonless
• Moonman
• Moon tree

Translations

sole natural satellite of the Earth

• Abkhaz: Амза (Amza)
• Afrikaans: Maan, maan (af)
• Albanian: Hënë f, hënë (sq) f
• Amharic: ጨረቃ (am) (č̣äräḳa)
• Arabic: قَمَر (ar) m (qamar)

  Egyptian Arabic: قمر m (ʔamar)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: סהרא c (sahrā, sahro)

  Syriac: ܣܗܪܐ c (sahrā, sahro), ܣܝܢܐ m (sīnā)

• Armenian: Լուսին (hy) (Lusin)
• Assamese: জোন (zün)
• Asturian: Lluna (ast) f
• Aymara: Phaxsi
• Azerbaijani: Ay (az), ay (az), qəmər
• Bashkir: Ай (Ay), ай (ay)
• Bats: ბუთთ (butt)
• Belarusian: Ме́сяц m (Mjésjac), ме́сяц (be) m (mjésjac), Луна́ f (Luná)
• Bengali: চাঁদ (bn) (cãd)
• Bulgarian: Луна́ f (Luná), луна́ (bg) f (luná)
• Burmese: လ (my) (la.)
• Caijia: kʷɔ⁵⁵pe⁵⁵ja²¹
• Carpathian Rusyn: Мі́сяць m (Mísjacʹ)
• Catalan: lluna (ca) f
• Chechen: бутт (butt)
• Cherokee: ᏒᏃᏱᎡᎯᏅᏙ (svnoyiehinvdo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 月亮 (jyut⁶ loeng⁶), 月 (yue) (jyut⁶), 月球 (jyut⁶ kau⁴)

  Dungan: Йүәлён (Yüəli͡on), Йүәр (Yüər), Йүә (Yüə), Тяндын (Ti͡andɨn)

  Hokkien: 月娘 (zh-min-nan) (goe̍h-niû, ge̍h-niû), 月亮 (goe̍h-liāng), 月 (zh-min-nan) (goe̍h, ge̍h), 月 (zh-min-nan) (gua̍t), 月球 (go̍eh-kiû, ge̍h-kiû)

  Mandarin: 月亮 (zh) (yuèliàng), 月 (zh) (yuè), 月球 (zh) (yuèqiú), 天燈 / 天灯 (zh) (Tiāndēng)

• Czech: Měsíc (cs) m
• Danish: Månen (da) c
• Dhivehi: ހަނދު (dv) (haⁿdu)
• Dutch: maan (nl) f, Maan (nl) f
• Dzongkha: ཟླ་བ (zla ba)
• Esperanto: Luno (eo)
• Estonian: Kuu (et), kuu (et)
• Ewe: dzinu n, ɣleti n
• Faroese: mánin (fo) m
• Fijian: Vula
• Finnish: Kuu (fi)
• French: lune (fr) f, Lune (fr) f
• Galician: Lúa (gl) f
• Georgian: მთვარე (ka) (mtvare)
• German: Mond (de) m, Erdtrabant (de) m, Erdsatellit m
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 m (mēna)
• Greek: σελήνη (el) f (selíni), φεγγάρι (el) n (fengári)

  Ancient: ἀγαθή τύχη f (agathḗ túkhē)

• Greenlandic: Qaammat
• Guaraní: Jasy (gn)
• Guerrero Amuzgo: chi'
• Gujarati: ચંદ્ર (gu) (candra)
• Haitian Creole: Lalin
• Hausa: Wata (ha)
• Hebrew: יָרֵחַ (he) m (yaréakh), לְבָנָה (he) f (l'vaná)
• Hindi: चन्द्रमा (hi) m (candramā), चंद्रमा (hi) m (candramā), चांद m (cānd), चंद्र (hi) m (candra)
• Hungarian: Hold (hu)
• Icelandic: tungl (is) n, máni (is) m
• Ido: luno (io)
• Indonesian: bulan (id), rembulan (id)
• Ingush: бутт (butt)
• Irish: an Ghealach f
• Isthmus Zapotec: beeu
• Italian: Luna (it) f
• Jamaican Creole: Muun
• Japanese: 月 (ja) (つき, tsukí), ムーン (ja) (Mūn)
• Javanese: Rembulan
• Kabardian: Мазэ (Mazɛ)
• Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರ (kn) (candra)
• Kapampangan: bulan
• Karok: ikxarámkuusra
• Kashmiri: زوٗن (ks) (zūn), ژٔندٕر (ċạndụr)
• Kashubian: Miesądz m
• Kazakh: Ай (Ai), ай (ai)
• Khmer: ច័ន្ទ (can), ខែ (km) (khae)
• Korean: 달 (ko) (dal), 월(月) (ko) (wol), 문 (ko) (Mun)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مانگ (ckb) (mang)

  Northern Kurdish: heyv (ku), hîv (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Ай (Ay), ай (ky) (ay)
• Lakota: haŋwí
• Lao: ຈັນ (chan)
• Latin: luna (la) f
• Latvian: mēness (lv) m, Mēness m
• Laz: თუთა (tuta)
• Lingala: Sánzá
• Lithuanian: mėnulis (lt) m
• Macedonian: Месечина f (Mesečina), месечина f (mesečina)
• Malagasy: Volana (mg)
• Malay: bulan (ms)
• Malayalam: ചന്ദ്രന് (candraṉ), തിങ്കള് (tiṅkaḷ)
• Maltese: qamar (mt) m
• Marathi: चंद्र (candra)
• Maricopa: xlyʼa
• Mingrelian: თუთა (tuta)
• Miskito: kati
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Сар (Sar), сар (mn) (sar)

  Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠷᠠ (sara)

• Navajo: ooljééʼ
• Nepali: चन्द्रमा (ne) (candramā)
• Ngarrindjeri: Markeri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: måne (no) m

  Nynorsk: måne (nn) m

• O'odham: maṣad
• Occitan: luna (oc) f
• Odia: ଜହ୍ନ (or) (jahna)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: мѣсѧць m (měsęcĭ)

• Old East Slavic: мѣсѧць m (měsęcĭ)
• Old English: mōna m
• Old Occitan: luna
• Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (māha)
• Old Prussian: menig, *menins
• Old Tupi: îasy
• Ossetian: Мӕй (Mæj)
• Pannonian Rusyn: Мешац m (Mešac), мешац m (mešac)
• Pashto: سپوږمۍ (ps) f (spoģmëy), قمر (ps) m (qamar)
• Persian:

  Dari: مَاه m (māh), قَمَر (qamar)

  Iranian Persian: ماه (fa) m (mâh), قَمَر (ğamar) (poetic), مانْگ (mâng), لوخَن (luxan) (archaic), آیِشْم (âyešm) (archaic), مَهْتاب (mahtâb)

• Polish: Księżyc (pl) m
• Portuguese: Lua (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਚੰਦਰਮਾ (candramā)
• Quechua: Killa
• Rapa Nui: mahina
• Rohingya: san
• Romani: ćhon m
• Romanian: lună (ro) f
• Russian: Луна́ (ru) f (Luná), луна́ (ru) f (luná), ме́сяц (ru) m (mésjac)
• Saanich: ȽḴÁL¸J
• Sanskrit: चन्द्र (sa) m (candra)
• Scots: Mune
• Scottish Gaelic: A’ Ghealach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ме̏се̄ц m, Мје̏се̄ц m

  Roman: Mȅsēc (sh) m, Mjȅsēc (sh) m

• Shona: Mwedzi
• Sindhi: چَنڊُ (sd) m (chandu)
• Sinhalese: චන්ද්‍රයා (si) (candrayā)
• Slovak: Mesiac (sk) m, mesiac (sk) m
• Slovene: Lúna (sl) m, Mésec (sl) m
• Somali: Dayax
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Mjasec m

  Upper Sorbian: Měsačk m

• Southern Altai: Ай (Ay)
• Spanish: Luna (es) f
• Svan: დოშდულ (došdul)
• Swahili: mwezi (sw)
• Swedish: månen (sv) c (definite singular), måne (sv) c
• Tagalog: buwan (tl), Bulan
• Tajik: Моҳ (Moh), моҳ (tg) (moh), қамар (qamar)
• Tamil: நிலா (ta) (nilā), திங்கள் (ta) (tiṅkaḷ)
• Tatar: Ай (Ay), ай (tt) (ay)
• Telugu: చంద్రుడు (te) (candruḍu), చందమామ (te) (candamāma)
• Thai: ดวงจันทร์ (duuang-jan)
• Tibetan: ཟླ་བ (zla ba)
• Tok Pisin: Mun
• Tongan: Māhina
• Tswana: Ngwedi
• Tumbuka: Mwezi
• Tupinambá: jassy
• Turkish: Ay (tr), kamer (tr) (dated)
• Turkmen: Aý, aý (tk)
• Tày: hai, bẳng bươn
• Ukrainian: Мі́сяць (uk) m (Mísjacʹ), мі́сяць (uk) m (mísjacʹ)
• Urdu: چانْد m (cānd), چَنْدْرَما m (candramā), چَنْدْرَماں m (candramā̃), ماہ (māh), قَمَر m (qamar), مَہْتاب m (mahtāb)
• Ute: (i) ^{(please verify)} mi'jarogopic (Chemehuevi)
• Uyghur: ئاي (ug) (ay)
• Uzbek: Oy, oy (uz)
• Venetan: Łuna f
• Vietnamese: mặt trăng (vi), Mặt trăng
• Warlpiri: pira
• Welsh: y Lleuad, y Lloer
• Western Apache: tłʼéʼgonaʼáí
• Wolof: Weer
• Yakut: Ый (Iy)
• Yiddish: לבֿנה f (levone)
• Zulu: Inyanga class 9/10
• Záparo: kashíkwa
• Yoruba: Òṣùpá
• Zhuang: Ronghndwen

54th sura of the Qur'an

• Arabic: سُورَةُ الْقَمَر f (sūratu l-qamar)
• Russian: Аль-Ка́мар m (Alʹ-Kámar)
• Uyghur: قەمەر (qemer)

surname

• Japanese: 文 (ja), 門 (ja), ムン
• Korean: 문 (ko) (mun)

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Translations to be checked

• Central Sierra Miwok: kom'é-

See also

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Etymology 2

• A variant of Mohan, from Irish.
• A habitational name of Norman origin from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce.
• Americanized form of German Mohn or a similar surname.
• A variant of Mun, from Korean.
• A variant Romanization of Chinese 文 (Wén), 萬 / 万 (Wàn), and 滿 / 满 (Mǎn).
• Possibly from Cantonese 滿 / 满 (mun⁵, “full; complete”).

Proper noun

Moon

1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
   2. A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
   3. A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
   4. An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
   5. An unincorporated community in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Laurence-Moon syndrome
• Moonie

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Moon is the 758th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 45,528 individuals. Moon is most common among White (65.7%) and Black/African American (10.0%) individuals. [1]

Anagrams

• Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-