moonmoon

English

Etymology

moon +‎ moon

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /muːnmuːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /munmun/

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Noun

moonmoon (plural moonmoons)

1. (astronomy, Internet slang) A moon that orbits a larger moon.
   • 2018 October 11, Jason Daley, “If a Moon Has a Moon, Is Its Moon Called a Moonmoon?”, in Smithsonian‎^[1]:

     Sarah Laskow at Atlas Obscura explains that moonmoon is catching on because there’s something pleasing about “recursive places,” like islands within islands, volcanoes within volcanoes and rivers running through a sea.

Synonyms

• moonette
• moonito
• sub-moon / submoon

 

Hypernyms

• subsatellite

 

Hyponyms

• tertiary planet

 

Alternate forms

• moon-moon
• moon moon