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LUNA
Luna
(noun) (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Luna
The name of Earth's moon.
(Roman god) The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.
A female given name from Latin.
A given name for a female pet.
(alchemy) Silver.
Coordinate terms
• Greco-Roman Moon Goddesses
Artemis / Diana
Hecate / Trivia
Theia
Phoebe
Pandia
The Menae
Anagrams
• An-lu, Anlu, auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal
Etymology 1
Noun
luna (plural lunas)
(entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
(Christianity, chiefly, Catholicism and Anglicanism) A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.]
Synonyms
• (glass holder): lunette, lunula
Etymology 2
Noun
luna (plural luna or lunas)
(Hawaii) A foreman on a plantation.
Usage notes
• This noun, though inflected as an English word (singular luna, plural lunas), is frequently italicized as a loanword.
Anagrams
• An-lu, Anlu, auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"na, n. Etym: [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n., and cf. Lune.]
1. The moon.
2. (Alchemy)
Definition: Silver. Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called from its resemblance to horn. Luna moth (Zoöl.), a very large and beautiful American moth (Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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